The park was privatized in 1995 as a cost-cutting initiative by the provincial government.

With doctors on Columbia's side, they say, it is easier for Mr. Scott to undertake the cost-cutting initiatives sweeping the industry.

He believes cost-cutting initiatives are over, and the coming year will be devoted to generating online revenue.

With businesses focusing on cost-cutting initiatives, showing what you can offer an employer is crucial.

"You buy Kodak for its cost-cutting initiatives and its ability to drive earnings growth."

Skeptics say leanness could become just the latest in a series of short-lived cost-cutting initiatives by the Pentagon and its contractors.

Mulally's cost-cutting initiatives led to the company's first profitable quarter in two years.

As early as today, the New York fashion house is expected to announce a major cost-cutting initiative aimed at getting the company back on track.

Analysts seemed most surprised by the progress of Hewlett-Packard's cost-cutting initiatives.

People close to the company say that as part of a cost-cutting initiative, Mr. Karmazin had proposed that the company not hold the party.