Sentences with phrase «responding by cutting costs»

«The serfs are tapped out,» and «the overlords are responding by cutting costs (firing serfs) to increase profits.»

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That means that if Blackrock's fund managers responded as the research suggests, then they would cut back the number of trades by enough so that the non-tax trading costs for their $ 10,000 account would fall by roughly $ 2,300 over the course of a decade or $ 15,000 in the case of its more actively managed European fund.

Businesses had responded very quickly to a fall in demand by cutting production and costs, as well as shelving their plans for expansion.

Noble responded by pointing a series of layoffs, job cuts, efficiency initiatives and other actions undertaken over the past eight years that had significantly reduced operating costs.

Hammond had been under intense pressure to respond to the concerns expressed by voters during the general election campaign about cuts to public services and the rising cost of living, with several vocal MPs, including former minister Nick Boles, calling for an end to austerity.

By the afternoon of June 21, however, Amazon.com responded to Barnes & Noble with a little price cutting of its own, reducing the cost of its original Kindle e-reader from $ 259 to $ 189.