• As part of other cost-cutting measures, control centre staff at West Yorkshire's current Birkenshaw headquarters will be moved to the service's current Safety Central building in Leeds.

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  • They want borrowing powers, control over company taxation (perhaps with a view to a tax-cutting strategy) and control over the Crown Estate in Scotland (which has implications for what goes on in coastal waters and harbours).

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  • Campaign group Railfuture said this was being done by central control and cutting the number of signal boxes, as well as improved communications and other measures.

    BBC: Lines between London and the east needs faster trains

  • Mr Macintosh, Labour's finance spokesman, told BBC Scotland the economic levers which the SNP wanted to control were cutting corporation tax and VAT rates for certain businesses.

    BBC: Scottish Independence: 'Full levers' call for economy

  • The key to bringing U.S. health care costs under control is not cutting back on the quality of care but changing the way we finance care.

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  • President Wahid persuaded General Wiranto that becoming security minister was a promotion, even though it would mean formally severing his ties with the military, thus cutting off Wiranto from direct control of his troops.

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  • The disk severed all the plane's hydraulic lines, virtually cutting off all steering and speed control.

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  • Yahoo is also making efforts to control costs, by cutting its workforce, which should improve profitability in the short term.

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  • The Razer Nostromo expert gaming keypad is designed to give gamers the upper hand with cutting edge ergonomics for intuitive game control and comfort.

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  • Hefty cost cutting, an emphasis on quality control inspired by Mercedes and a range of desirable new models, such as the powerful, Teutonic-styled 300C, restored Chrysler to profit.

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  • These allow the operator greater control over quality by cutting down the number of router hops the packets have to pass through and managing traffic flows to avoid congestion.

    ECONOMIST: Internet telephony

  • Industry experts are generally upbeat on the immediate futures of recently troubled legacy carriers like Delta, UAL 's United Airlines and AMR 's American Airlines, believing they have seen the worst and that cost-cutting initiatives have industry balance sheets under control.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Industry experts are generally upbeat on the immediate futures of recently troubled legacy carriers like Delta, UAL 's (nasdaq: UAUA - news - people ) United Airlines and AMR 's (nyse: AMR - news - people ) American Airlines, believing they have seen the worst and that cost-cutting initiatives have industry balance sheets under control.

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  • Shortly after, the Swiss central bank announced it was cutting rates and injecting money in order to control the Swiss franc, appreciating strongly given European weakness.

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  • In 2003, unable to find a bra that would give her the smooth line she longed for, she took scissors to a pair of control-top pantyhose--cutting out the gusset and legs to create a makeshift bra that wouldn't be lumpy from the back.

    FORBES: Style

  • The police in New York are under the mayor's control, and their recent achievements in cutting crime are one of Rudy Giuliani's proudest boasts.

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  • He was fully aware that some faraway control-room producer must have been anxiously cutting away every time he took a puff.

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  • And to the disappointment of the greens such as the UN's secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, the rich states' undertaking did not specify any short- or medium-term goals on cutting emissions, over which their leaders could have more control.

    ECONOMIST: The G8 and climate change

  • He said he would not make "promises that can not be kept" on cutting immigration from within the EU, which is beyond the control of British governments.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • It seems simplistic, but cutting your speed by 5 or 10 mph will give you much more control.

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  • Chuang thinks software acquisition and development costs are already out of control, and products like his will lead to more cost-cutting.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The chancellor is wary of cutting loose: in Treasury eyes, one of the advantages of the Bank's control of interest rates (handed over by Mr Brown in 1997) is the discipline it exerts on fiscal policy.

    ECONOMIST: The fiscal arithmetic

  • By underestimating the savings that can come from improved Medicare payment procedures and other cost-control initiatives, the budget office leads Congress to think that politically unpopular cost-cutting initiatives will have, at best, only modest effects.

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  • That's why my administration is taking steps to support a thriving clean energy industry across this country -- an industry that's making solar panels, and building wind turbines, producing cutting-edge batteries for fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and helping consumers get more control over their energy bills.

    WHITEHOUSE: Creating New Jobs in a Clean Energy Economy

  • The attorneys who specialize in takeover litigation are already at their computers cutting and pasting verbiage from lawsuits past to assemble cases they can race to the courthouse to get control, or at least a lucrative piece of, the inevitable settlement.

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  • The central bank has been cautious on cutting interest rates fearing a premature easing could waste its efforts over the past three years to bring inflation under control.

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  • Ferrari's Felipe Massa lost control on a couple of occasions and ended up deep in the gravel at Turn Nine, before cutting along the grass to rejoin the action.

    BBC: Hamilton top as McLaren set pace

  • As Lehman analyst Tony Butler pointed out on the call, cutting manufacturing costs may require buying more "intermediates" from outside the company, where Merck will have less control over their production.

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  • What normally happens in these situations is that the driver who benefits from cutting the corner subsequently allows the guy he passed to overtake him, although there is usually some discussion with race control first.

    BBC: The right ruling on Hamilton?

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