cost-cutters

Known as cost-cutters, they sought to replace a celebrity-oriented culture at ABC with a less profligate one that emphasized management teamwork.

NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM NEUMAN 2011

With affordability the new watchword at the Pentagon, the $16.5 billion program represents one potential target for cost-cutters.

Missile Project Under Pressure Nathan Hodge 2010

The critical nature of many of the health care posts also suggests a need for cost-cutters to evaluate the services performed by specific occupations during any downsizing process.

Doctors, lawyers, dentists tops in fed jobs that pay $180K-plus 2011

Also, Medicare, the main target of GOP cost-cutters; and Mexico, whose murderous drug cartels are a greater threat to U.S. security than al Qaeda.

Al Eisele: An A-to-Z Political Primer Al Eisele 2011

What if the cost-cutters in Washington were to conclude that it was a fruitless task to try to manage the unmanageable i.e., Iraq and that, instead of militarizing the State Department, the U.S. should return to the business of diplomacy with a modest embassy and a consulate or two to negotiate deals, discuss matters of common interest, and hand out the odd visa.

Tom Engelhardt: Cutting $100 Billion?... Easy -- If Only Washington Had a Brain Tom Engelhardt 2011

State youth lockups are easy targets for cost-cutters and reformers: They cost a lot and, according to data showing high rates of repeat offenders, accomplish little.

States making juvenile detention more localized 2011

A report by the consultant said Nomura couldn't compete with Wall Street banks across the board and gave a boost to the cost-cutters inside the bank, said people familiar with the matter.

Nomura Whets Scalpel for Cutting Alison Tudor 2011

The issue of how much the wars actually cost taxpayers is not only relevant because it is the taxpayers' money and they have every right to know, but it also important to know when, as previously mentioned, as part of our budget cutting frenzy, Congressional committees and other cost-cutters will be deciding later this year on how much to cut from the defense budget, the Pentagon budget, etc.

Dorian de Wind: Defense Budget Cost-Cutters: Know Thy Patient Dorian de Wind 2011

Baby cost-cutters that don't skimp on safety [CR] (Photo: Jonathan Harford)

3 Ways To Cut Baby Costs Without Feeling Like A Terrible Parent - The Consumerist 2009

However, let us hope that the cost-cutters, in their zeal to cut, will truly get to know the patient, lest they cut off the wrong limb.

Dorian de Wind: Defense Budget Cost-Cutters: Know Thy Patient Dorian de Wind 2011