As European financial centers began closing for the weekend, dealers said some bargain hunters began to materialize, further trimming the earlier losses.

AMR said it was planning to further trim the ranks of its managers and possibly other nonunionized airline workers.

And that assumes recounts and absentee ballots don't further trim the Republican herd on Capitol Hill.

The General Development Corporation further trimmed its work force as the troubled real estate company considered expanding its Federal bankruptcy filing to include its subsidiaries.

'It's a Good Sign' Those comments reassured analysts, who had questioned whether the company could trim further without violating its 50-year-old practice of never laying off employees.

I.B.M. has recently struck a deal to outsource the production of its desktop PC's, further trimming costs.

Four plays later, Hartley drilled a 44-yard field goal to further trim the deficit.

Inevitably, managers further trimmed costs by eliminating the last of the live performances.

Now projections are being trimmed further, down to 3 percent growth, according to estimates by the International Data Corporation.

The Mayor took aggressive actions two years ago, cutting thousands of city jobs, Mr. Proctor said, but he did little during the current fiscal year to trim further.