Official at firm defends cost cuts
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DETROIT -- A top Ford Motor Co. executive defended the company's revised turnaround plan against criticism that it did not go far enough, saying yesterday that moving any faster would end up costing the automaker more.
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Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. still has more cost-cutting ahead, even after a massive restructuring that has sliced the work force by 10 percent, Chief Executive Mark Hurd told analysts Tuesday.
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The president's support for limits on the costs and risks of privatization could help mollify the plan's critics.
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The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday defended the agency's record in pursuing corporate misconduct, rebuffing accusations that it may be tilting toward business interests.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  As the head of a neighborhood group asks a committee for stiffer penalties for polluters, senators grill state officials about the costs of the lawsuit.
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Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard LLC, is asking partners to take a one-third pay cut as he readies the world&#39;s largest closely held investment bank for a share sale, people familiar with the situation said.
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Media & professional: Director general Mark Thompson says corporation must go through a 'revolution' to cut costs.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  A Superior Court judge says a conversation that the governor's ex- chief of staff had with an environmental lawyer was not unethical.   * * *   A conversation that Jeffrey M.
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Hit with tough criticism that he had misled Congress, David M. Walker , the head of the Government Accountability Office, yesterday said he regretted that he had not done a better job of explaining and keeping lawmakers up to speed on the agency's new pay system.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer is proposing cuts in Medicaid, saying the costs are too high, but a closer look at the numbers calls his claims into question.
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The company tightens its forecast on cost concerns.
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Departing CEO cites differences with Chairman Barry Lam over contract manufacturer's stratgeic direction.
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Some critics question proposed federal spending hikes for nuclear research.
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Business & money: Â· UK chief goes after new owner angers musicians   Â· Venture capital group determined to cut costs
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Bank of England boss Mervyn King is defending his role in the Northern Rock banking crisis.
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Â· Falconer pledge to end big payments not yet realisedÂ·  Money needed for civil and family law sectors.
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The head of London&#39;s largest hospital says he is optimistic massive staff cuts can be avoided despite a $53-million deficit and a warning from Ontario&#39;s health minister that hospitals must balance their budgets.