A year earlier, Macy slashed that item by 22.7 percent in the period.

Long Island's largest employer, the military contractor has already slashed its work force there by nearly 20 percent.

The new keys have helped to slash the theft rate on some models by 90 percent.

In the wake of recent record earnings, the world's oil companies have announced plans to slash prices by 90 percent.

Two weeks ago, the firm slashed the pay of its 3,500 employees by 10 percent for the next three months.

The reductions will slash the company's work force by 23 percent from its current level of 74,000.

Through tighter management, the Disney group slashed operating costs by 25 percent.

To attract buyers, the company slashed prices this year by up to 30 percent.

To meet that request, they had to slash production by 20 percent over the final six weeks of the first quarter.

He said her proposal to slash the state budget by 30 percent would hurt the poor, the elderly, the young and the environment.