Sentence examples for severe cost cuts from inspiring English sources

Doubts over Ellesmere Port's future emerged at the beginning of the year, when a delegation of GM executives warned UK politicians and trade union officials that severe cost cuts would be needed across its Opel/Vauxhall European arm.

Meanwhile, Equitable's life insurance underwriting business has improved dramatically, thanks to severe cost-cutting by Bbar (costs have been cut from 21% of revenues to 10%), and a general upturn in insurance underwriting.

Two years later, BP was accused of "draconian" cost cuts resulting in severe corrosion which closed an Alaskan pipeline.

The crunch yields clear-cut winners in terms of seats, but at a severe cost in democratic representativeness.

This and the cost cuts proved effective.

But at a severe cost.

Merrill Q4 Profit Up On Cost Cuts.

Pfizer Plans $4B In Cost Cuts.

IBM Earnings Rise On Acquisitions, Cost Cuts.

Kmart Q2 Loss Narrows On Cost Cuts.

(See " Cost Cutting Pushes Pactiv Higher").