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The hope was that by shutting down buildings for an extra day each week, energy bills would be slashed by up to a fifth.

Like others in western Europe, it had slashed post-war defence spending to pay for a burgeoning welfare state.

Over the past year, as Dell slashed prices, it failed to gain market share as it had hoped.

At the time, the company was fighting to survive and was forced to lay off engineers as it slashed costs.

And like the Bank of Japan, they slashed interest rates and took extraordinary measures to try to keep credit flowing.

U. S. Marshals say a pilot who apparently tried to fake his own death slashed one of his wrists shortly before he was found.

Men's jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls.

Only her eyes were still intensely alive, in a face slashed with wrinkles, each one lined with a deep black furrow.

I threw restraint to the winds and cut and slashed until the whole man of him was snarling.

He felt no more, and the object that was trampled and slashed by his enemies had no longer any connection with him.

The slashed zero numeral is often used for identifiers in financial and business information.

In a small, nearly enclosed area near the front gate, the man brutally slashed Nicole, almost severing her neck from her body.

She then pulled out a knife and stabbed Deng Guida three times and slashed Huang's right arm when he tried to help his colleague.

Central banks around the world slashed interest rates in a desperate attempt to get people and businesses spending again.

result of Purslow's wide-ranging search - and potentially could have slashed the club's debt by half, looks set to be rejected.

In an attempt to cool prices, India on Wednesday slashed import duties for onions, after banning exports of the vegetable earlier this week.

The plunge has slashed the savings of millions of Chinese investors who jumped into the market as it rose six-fold in two years.

Today, agricultural experts estimate that in many parts of China fertilizer use can be slashed by up to 60%.

The negative mood comes just a day after European central banks slashed interest rates in the hope of stabilizing the markets.

The company's image already had been slipping in Germany as management sold money-losing businesses and slashed jobs.

Turned away from it all like a blind man. Sat on a fence, but it don't work. I keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn.

Analysts have slashed their estimates in preparation for the weak numbers, dragging down the share prices at all the major banks.

that diplomacy, as well as the sanctions that have isolated Iran and slashed its oil revenue, must be given more time to work.

But prices, slashed to the bone during the slowdown, have failed to recover, undermining the sustainability of the restaurants' recovery.

Some of the paint slashed onto his shoes as he was painting the wall.

I slashed one man's face open when he laid his hands upon me, and rode through the others.

Second, massive public-spending programmes began to feed through, taxes were cut and central banks slashed interest rates.

He was well slashed up on this occasion, and twenty-seven splinters were extracted from his left arm alone.

Meanwhile , the Bank of Japan slashed rates to ward off an export decline , and stoke up more domestic demand .

With unsold goods piling up and finance hard to come by, firms around the world have slashed production even faster than demand has fallen.

His company slashed the staff in 2008, but a kind boss kept Elmer working one night a week so he could keep his health insurance.

He was tortured and given electric shocks; his feet, elbows, and knees were burned; then they slashed his face and cut off his penis.

Like a $1-a-day family in a developing country, its purchasing power has been slashed by the rising cost of grain.

In the late 1990s, when a strong yen made Japan a costly place to make cars, Toyota slashed capacity at home and added production overseas.

The training budget may have been slashed, but you don't have to wait for a complete economic recovery to get ahead.

Buck was beset by three huskies , and in a trice his head and shoulders were ripped and slashed.

the federal government slashed its budget for solar energy and conservation measures and put the money into nuclear development.

Having slashed costs and capital expenditure, the company is confronting a seeming recovery in commodities in better shape.

In a matter of weeks thousands of portions of subprime debt issued as recently as 2005 and 2006 have had their ratings slashed.

The U. S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to put an end to the panic in the stock market.

Kodak had already slashed its forecast in late October due to higher raw material costs and sluggish sales in its graphics business.

While sales may be disappointing, analysts said retailers have slashed inventory to help protect profits.

Earlier in Asia, Japan's central bank slashed its key interest rate down to just a tenth of one percent.

Yet investment has, once again, been slashed more brutally than any other important area of spending.

The man attacked the shop owner as he was closing down and slashed him twice in the face.

If compared with the total market cap (including free floating stocks and non-circulating stocks), this ratio will be slashed more.

Companies slashed salaries and curtailed benefits, all while asking shell-shocked veterans to pick up the slack for downsized colleagues.

No sooner had she started in her new job, the New Mexico legislature slashed the spaceport office budget by more than half.

Last month, a worker slashed children with a knife at a daycare center for migrant workers in eastern China, wounding eight of them.

The company slashed prices for its "golden week" packages in last-ditch effort to attract customers, he added.

He also, for good measure, slashed the tires of the person parked to the left and right of her.

irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn.

As if to underline this, late on Monday JPMorgan slashed its quarterly payout from 38 cents a share to 5 cents a share.

Instead he raised taxes and slashed spending, for which he enjoyed the public's overwhelming support.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England slashed its interest rate -- the lowest level since 1959.

The breadth, choice and quality of content are likely to be slashed as owners cut editorial budgets to survive.

Washington has until the end of this month to resolve differences before taxes rise and spending slashed.

The bearded owner of the slashed Madonna, which itself was reposing on Sherlock Holmes'desk, was almost speechless with rage.

Since then, its stock has dropped 63%, the company has slashed spending plans and it now looks vulnerable to a takeover.

When markets wobbled, central banks slashed interest rates. A by-product of this policy was a series of debt-financed asset bubbles.

As a result of the protests, hormone levels in the Pill were slashed, greatly diminishing the occurrence of side effects.

The spread of computer technology and sophisticated new loan strategies slashed both the risk and cost of lending to small business owners.

Economic growth projections have been slashed amid shortages of critical items, including foreign exchange, electricity and food.

With an election looming, the government slashed the company's investment budget instead.

In a drive for efficiency, they slashed branch numbers and laid off hundreds of thousands of employees.

Both airlines have slashed fares on European routes to get travelers back into the sky.

The football hooligans had slashed some of the seats in the train.

Just hours afterward, another employee leapt to his death, and one more was rushed to the hospital with slashed wrists.

Instead, the company slashed prices only on select products, and the deals were temporary.

During your Presidency interest rates dropped sharply, and inflation was slashed to less than three percent.

Water use per unit of industrial value-added output will be slashed by 7 percent this year, he said.

Meanwhile, bookies have slashed the odds on a second Icelandic volcano erupting this year following a flood of bets on active volcano Katla.

So far, this year is about average; earlier optimistic shipment estimates are being slashed.

State funding may be slashed, but Medicare reimbursements, Social Security checks, and payments to defense contractors will keep on coming.

Earlier the Bank of England (BoE) slashed its interest rates by 1%, bringing its key rate to 2%, which equals the lowest level since 1951.

Two others were slashed as they wrestled the shooter to the ground. The gunman is hospitalized withwhat's described as a serious neck wound.

In what could be a sign of things to come, prices at two new developments in Shanghai were slashed by more than 20% in October.

For more than three decades, budgets have been slashed and visionary programmes terminated in favour of more pragmatic goals.

They have since slashed dividends and will have to start issuing shares as well.

They had been stabbed several times and Brown Simpson's throat had been slashed. Simpson maintained he was innocent.

Economists have slashed growth forecasts for most rich economies, and many put the chances of renewed U. S. recession at a coin flip.

The blade slashed through three of his four chins in a spray of bright red blood.

When the Russian economy collapsed and the military budget was slashed, the START II treaty had turned into a bad deal for them.

Mass-production technologies have slashed the price of glasses as well.

Large employers have slashed the number of internships by around a fifth this year as part of recession-related budgets cuts.

If the cost is not slashed the price won't be lowered. It is a chain of issues unless someone is willing to invest another two million.

The plastic bag I had been carrying had been slashed in two, its contents taken.

But when a recession or financial blow-up beckoned, it slashed rates and acted as a lender of last resort.

The company has slashed its overall labor costs per worker to less than $50 per hour, which is on par with Japanese carmakers.

The recession has slashed payroll-tax revenue, which means that the future, unfunded cost of the programmes has increased.

But Americans don't stop at nuclear energy subidy cuts -- 74% also wanted to see oil and gas tax credits slashed.

Even as it slashed taxes at the top, the plan would raise taxes for 95 percent of the population.

Internet giant Yahoo saw its third quarter profits more than treble - despite sales falling by about 12% - as it slashed costs.

The 11-year-old boy's scalp had been slashed. The blade of a Stanley knife was found nearby.

This will require slashed pay-scales and benefits for civil servants and drastic cuts in the number of such jobs.

The company, which has more than 1, 700 stores in the U. S. and Canada, slashed costs aggressively in 2009.

To ensure revenues don't continue a downward trend, retailers have slashed prices across the board.

But all have since slashed their dividends, in most cases leaving investors with only a symbolic payment.

In conjunction with the sale, Myspace slashed its work force yet again, laying off more than half of its roughly 450 employees Wednesday.

'Some kids were lying on the floor or with their chest against the floor. All the kids were hacked. Most were slashed in the head. '

A pain slashed at her heart as savagely as a wild animal's fangs.

Every department has had their buildings budget slashed, the ultimate sacrifice for the defence of the realm.

The Federal Reserve has slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point, as it seeks to revive the economy.

The palliatives included in earlier versions could still get slashed in conference negotiations between the House and Senate.

Salaries have been slashed, and stingy retirement benefits have undercut retention rates.

They say their home equity lines of credit have been cut, business credit lines withdrawn and credit card limits slashed.

Job losses, job uncertainty and slashed budgets are all pressures that could push someone over the edge.

Thousands of jobs were slashed and projects worth billions of dollars were canceled or delayed.

I brought in a carton of tomato paste, slashed it open, and stacked the charming slender little cans on their depleted shelf.

"Only this week a US court has slashed maintenance payments to an ex-wife because of her blog posts, " it solemnly explained.

Although interest rates have been slashed and the Fed has lavished liquidity on cash-strapped banks, the crisis is deepening.

GM is making money but Chrysler, although it has closed factories and slashed costs, is struggling.

Foreign businessmen, who have slashed investment over the past year, rank graft as their biggest headache behind appalling infrastructure.

BMW and Daimler, in particular, slashed costs and emerged leaner from the last recession.

Its robust balance-sheet allowed it to maintain investment while other big firms slashed capital expenditure.

Mobs of hooded youth threw bicycles at police and slashed the tires of two police cars before setting them on fire.

Marvin ran the kid down, over six blocks, and slashed him across the neck, because you can't let shit happen.

Ireland has tried hard to fix its problems. Public-sector wages have been slashed and new taxes raised.

Costs for defense and healthcare, the two biggest sources of bloat, must be slashed.

Faced with credit constraints and forecasts of plunging consumer demand, companies slashed production.

Australia's central bank surprised investors Tuesday by slashed its key lending rate by a full percentage point.

He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.

Inventories have been slashed and business investments slashed.

To the late Ming and early qing dynasty, RenHuai area to have slashed every workshop.

Companies slashed production to clear out excess product stockpiles in store shelves, warehouses and car dealers' lots.

Monthly reports on airline operations released this week showed sharp declines in traffic as carriers slashed capacity.

Managed health care group stumbled 11% on Coventry Health Care (-26%) as it slashed earnings outlook well below expectations.

But trade liberalization slashed tariff revenues and brought no alternative source of finances for public services, including health care.

Pushed and pulled by slashed budgets and increased demands journalists are growing increasingly reliant on aid groups.

M&S axed the boss of its food division and has slashed prices in a bid to compete.

Formidable financial-assistance policies have eliminated fees or slashed them deeply for needy students.

By pioneering the assembly line, Ford slashed the amount of time needed to manufacture an automobile.

Web and media analysts have slashed their forecasts for online advertising in 2009 as the outlook for the economy worsened.

As the global economy collapsed, those firms slashed production capacity, she says.

Central banks slashed interest rates; the big ones dramatically expanded their balance-sheets.

The spectre of inflation hit agricultural markets after the US government slashed key crop forecasts and warned of shortfalls in key grains.

slashed interest rates to put an end to the panic in the stock market.

"Absent some relief there, you'll get Medicaid budgets slashed, " says a senior Democratic aide familiar with the plans.

Companies have slashed production, postponed investment and laid off workers in their millions.

Indonesia hasn't moved at all since it slashed rates during the global financial crisis a couple of years ago.

There is a consensus among all the candidates that the federal corporate tax rate of 35%, the highest in the rich world, must be slashed.

She allegedly slashed the throats of three children, set the apartment ablaze and allowed the smoke to overcome her and her youngest child.

The chaebols slashed investment and laid off thousands of workers.

Apple also slashed the price of its existing, bottom-of-the-range iPhone from $199 to $99 to attract more customers.

In general, single spun yarns must be slashed for all the above reasons.

Nightingale's famous "coxcomb" chart from 1858 demonstrated that improving hygiene in British military hospitals slashed mortality rates.

But the financial crisis slashed the worth of assets against which he and other tycoons had borrowed.

The store on the left raised bigger signs proclaiming. "Prices Slashed! " and "Fantastic Discounts! "

To increase the pressure on him, Russia has now raised gas prices and slashed its supply of crude.

To cope with the decline in domestic demand, many timber companies slashed costs by closing mills, among other moves.

But as the Federal Reserve has slashed US interest rates, the tensions in the trinity have increased.

The recession may have slashed advertising and discretionary spending.

Israel's four-year drought has slashed Mr. Kedar's water supply almost in half, evidencing the risky business of desert farming.

So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears , as was their custom , until their blood flowed .

Rents in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a glitzy zone for offshore banks, were slashed in December.

It revived during the recession as firms slashed their labour force, but that boost may not last.

I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights, slashed a hole in all 4 tires. Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

Budgets will be slashed at the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office, affecting Britain's ability to project power, hard and soft.

Although the greenback has been sliding for over five years, the pace of decline stepped up as the Fed slashed rates.

A huge supply of unsold homes, tighter lending standards and record foreclosures have slashed home prices.

Firms have slashed travel budgets, families are spending less on leisure and Europe's airports are feeling the pain.

A once-a-day pill slashed snoring rates by almost 70% in a small US trial, Daily Mail reported.

He then forced her in and eventually slashed her throat.

The company slashed costs and cut jobs throughout 2008.

They all slashed by half their personality and weaknesses, and then make do with only the full.

It's the last day of the sale and prices have really been slashed.

Both banks have cumulatively slashed their key interest rates by more than the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (see chart).

In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, published on April 9th, the IMF slashed its GDP growth forecasts for many rich countries.

Under pressure from low-cost carriers, all domestic airlines have slashed prices, and most are losing money.

U. S. -based Micron earlier this month said quarterly losses doubled and slashed capital spending plans.

This isn't quite the doozy investors were given four years ago, when gross domestic product was slashed by nearly a full percentage point.

According to his organization, 43 states have slashed funding for higher education and financial aid for needy students.

Small and nimble nations slashed taxes and regulation to attract foreign capital and business.

For older girls, ask her about current events issues: pollution, wars, school budgets slashed.

Warner Music has slashed staff numbers, merged individual record labels and cut its roster of artists.

Sokol slashed debt and costs and dropped free uses of airplanes for celebrities or employees' friends.

Firms slashed their capital budgets and pared back stock levels when their export sales collapsed.

All articles of clothing were slashed and paned , revealing puffs of contrasting fabric and color.

The global economy slumped at the end of 2008 in part because firms slashed production even faster than demand fell.

Those calls are resisted by finance officials worried about the impact of slashed import duties on the national coffers.

Mr. Dimon moved on to Chicago's Bank One Corp. , where he slashed costs and sacked managers he viewed as ineffective.

In addition, with a recession looming, corporate budgets are being slashed.

He was told his large security detail would be slashed.

China slashed the maximum retail price for more than 1200 types of antibiotics and circulatory system drugs on Monday.

With profits coming under pressure, a number of banks have even slashed jobs during the past year.

Thousands of businesses went bust as the government slashed spending.

Its successor has slashed the budget deficit, partly by increasing value-added tax by three points.

Inflation in Britain unexpectedly fell in March, to 4%, as retailers slashed prices to entice reluctant consumers.

Retail prices of almost half of the drugs on the Ministry of Health's essential medicines list will be slashed by 12 percent this month.

The developer of their block of flats has slashed the prices of new flats now on sale.

When other airlines slashed advertising during the SARS scare in 2003, AirAsia tripled its spending.

Where leaders slashed budgets and central banks raised rates in the 1930s, policy was almost uniformly expansionary after the crash of 2008.

Turkey a young man went so daft while watching Marilyn wiggle through How to Marry a Millionaire that he slashed his wrists.

However, Mr Hayward also slashed costs to improve financial performance.

This year he slashed programmes from the budget unilaterally, a move being challenged in court.

They now associate the single currency with lost jobs, falling wages and slashed pensions.

The market has risen by a fifth since Beijing slashed a tax on share trading in mid-April.

He slashed tariffs, abolished licences and allowed foreign investment to flow in.

Bank of Communications, part-owned by HSBC, slashed its planned rights issue by a fifth to under $5bn.

He is proposing no reductions in basic benefits for seniors, and future beneficiaries could not see their 'benefits slashed. '

It is not obvious that it should be slashed, however.

Whenever the funding is slashed, employees' unpaid furloughs will be increased.

Any time a debt crisis threatened the economy, central banks slashed interest rates.

The second line used slashed zero numerals to provide better contrast with the uppercase "O" letter.

NBC slashed newsroom jobs in 2006 and increased resource- sharing with NBC Universal cable-channel siblings MSNBC and CNBC.

He slashed the man's wife and a girl drawing well water.

Although Beijing has slashed industrial tariffs, its record on services has been much patchier.

He slashed a path through the high grass with a long knife.

noisier American congressmen want Pakistan's $3 billion military and civilian aid budget slashed.

In the past week, major PC retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy and rival Best Buy Co. slashed sales expectations.

Last week, the ministry slashed construction spending plans for next year.

The budget of the public higher education system of California has been slashed by over 20 percent, on top of previous cuts.

Jack's face had been slashed with broken glass.

The regional downturn was dramatic as firms slashed investment and paid back debt.

His face was slashed with a razor -blade .

Moreover, he wanted the mortgage inventory slashed.

Bellwether companies from NEC to Nissan have slashed jobs and investment.

Most central banks slashed interest rates. The Fed reduced its rates to near zero, lower than they have ever been.

Every week, profit forecasts for corporate Japan are slashed afresh.

He announced that the central government's spending will be slashed by 5 percent this year to fund quake relief efforts.

I already mentioned that they don't mind if nuclear power subsidies are slashed.

Exercising, maintaining a healthy body weight and not smoking slashed risk even further.

A study in The Journal of Urology found that pomegranate juice slashed the risk of ED in rabbits.

That meager profit will be slashed by one third with yuan's two percent revaluation.

Research and development had its budget slashed this semester.

Diamond prices are rebounding after a slump that slashed profits at ZAO Alrosa, Rio and De Beers.

Day four I slashed my arm pretty bad. The kid touched it, it was good as new.

But the end of empire, the rise of air travel and the advent of shipping containers slashed maritime employment after the 1960s.

Within days the boss of Citigroup was out and the dividend had been slashed.

He slashed at the vines with a machete.

After months of wrangling in the oil ministry, Libya's sovereign wealth fund slashed its offer to barely $300m.

The price has been slashed by a third, to $99, in the face of weak demand.

What would happen if governments also slashed their spending?

The credit rating of the structured finance insurer was slashed to non-investment grade as a result.

This week the Fed slashed its growth forecasts for 2008 and highlighted growing concerns over inflation.

Terrified consumer-goods firms have cut costs and slashed prices.

Interest rates have already been slashed without turning round either the market or the economy.

Rather than see the capital ship budget slashed, the TIE Advanced was sacrificed instead.

To pay for the scheme, the government slashed subsidies on fuel that, as ever, mainly benefited the rich.

Railroads, Britain's gift to the world, shrank continents and slashed travel time.

(slash)He slashed bark off the tree with his knife.

Hydropower production has been slashed and vast swaths of paddy fields are parched.

The banks lost talent after the bubble burst, then again in 2004 when heavy litigation payments slashed the bonus pool.

In July, the Ministry of Commerce announced exports would be slashed to just 8, 000 tons for the remainder of 2010.

The economy jolted into reverse in the summer as consumers slashed their spending by the most in 28 years.

Destocking on a huge scale has further slashed output.

The government slashed red tape, privatised everything from hotels to hospitals and used the money to build new roads.

To combat slowing economic growth, the central bank has slashed key lending rates and the government has announced additional spending.

A suspect link (red slashed arrow in Figure 5) indicates that test case TC1. 2 may need to be revisited due to a change in use case UC1. 3.

Prices have been slashed in all departments.