Several attributed the greater earnings to the company's low tax rate for the quarter and cost-cutting moves.

At Chrysler, five members of the 18-person board were lopped off last week in what the company called a cost-cutting move.

Nevertheless, the Titans released him, which was seen as a cost-cutting move.

The lower dollar and cost-cutting moves by many of these companies will result in surprising earnings, they say.

Intel's work force, as a result of the investment and other cost-cutting moves, was reduced by 5,000 workers last year, to 82,000.

It almost looked as if the networks, in another cost-cutting move, had decided to show reruns of the Presidential campaign.

More cost-cutting moves are being considered, with some expected to be announced within a few months, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

He didn't help his own cause by instituting several cost-cutting moves.

The plan to create common codes among federal agencies is a cost-cutting move, he said.

Baker was released on March 4, 2010, in a cost-cutting move.