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Short courses, the bread and butter of many schools, are often the first to be axed by companies in the face of any economic downturn.

Saab is the only one of GM's four U. S. brands certain to live on after being axed by the auto maker.

All of this leads me to believe those who say Firefox axed the toolbar to boost Chrome, and to stop lending support to the competition.

Hurd is beloved by investors for his relentless cost-cutting but widely scorned by the thousands of employees he has axed along the way.

He also axed thousands of jobs, sold off marginal businesses and tried to prepare the firm for the internet-telephony revolution.

" People knew the sac kings were coming , and sure enough it was rough, " says one of those axed .

Just so you know, I've put my paycheck where my mouth is on this one: I've been axed five times since I came to Northern California in 1990.

French employees of a tyre maker, Continental, went on the rampage (see picture) when their jobs were axed.

The show, which starred Courteney as the editor of a weekly celebrity magazine, was axed after two series.

The scene was axed from the ad for her scent Fame.

When the pensioners -- among the poorest groups in Russian society -- learned the tickets were being axed, they panicked.

Or my husband's quartet residency getting axed from a state university due to budget cuts.

But details are scant, even as many states have scores of "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects set to be axed .

The bad weather axed a number of train services from Glasgow Central station, while engineering works meant disruption in other areas.

Those who have been axed don't need to take the sacking personally , and not working in the days before Christmas can be rather jolly .

Three of the six major studios axed subsidiaries that had specialised in buying independent films.

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

Pfizer insists that it is not being axed, but merely shifted from Western laboratories to China.

Across Asia-Pacific, as routes were being axed and savage cost-cuts implemented, marketing budgets were largely frozen.

Grant, axed by Roman Abramovich on Saturday, took the title race to the final day before United retained their crown.

Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.

Mr Flight was axed after saying the Tories could make bigger spending cuts than they had publicly declared.

I axed the daily subscription to the New York Times - it's free online, after all.

Of 570 units planned before Fukushima, only 37 have been axed or put on hold since the crisis, according to Arthur D. Little, a consultancy.

The scheme was axed in April after the government's decision to stop funding due to spending cuts.

There is a bad atmosphere, jobs are being axed in almost all departments, you feel the pressure.

But the scale is such that many entire programmes and agencies will necessarily be axed.

Officials have axed most of the staff and moved the others to new schools.

DIMITAR BERBATOV is set to quit Manchester United after being axed from their Champions League final squad.

Since there's no central list of what's being axed, we need your help to build up the picture!

Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of finicial crisis.

It was axed soon after he became president.

e. g. Three people in the marketing department were axed last week and are now looking for new positions.

Now plans to rebuild or replace 26 schools in the area have been axed.

The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota.

The college president has axed some administrative positions because of budget-cuts.

A social program that was axed to effectuate budget cuts.

A sober suit is not only the right thing to wear the day you get axed but also the right thing to wear every other working day, too.

Some 60 lesser civil servants can't be axed, and will be reassigned to other jobs.

To add to the misery a 24-hour general strike in Greece means flights there are being axed tomorrow.

Congress axed the budget.

Three people in this company were axed last Thursday.

The school demands that any teacher with poor behavior be axed .

Skittish employers, which have slashed 1. 2 million jobs this year alone, probably axed another 320, 000 last month, economists forecast.

The Indian's axed your scalp.

The taxman who are not good at syntax will be axed.

But they axed their monthly expenses in half, from $7, 000 to $3, 500.

And United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said it would get rid of 1, 000 jobs, on top of 1, 500 axed late last year.

The singer axed a series of dates in east Asia last year after being refused entry to play in China.

The TV series will be axed due to decline in popularity,

Terminator TV series axed by Fox

Radio show axed over rape furore

The plan to build two new schools was axed because of the budget cut,

Citigroup just announced that about 53, 000 jobs will be axed,