Mazda believes that customers won’t notice some of the cost cutting that’s taken place within the new CX-5. Some of us are less convinced and growing slightly concerned, however. For 2026, Mazda has ...

Layoff notifications have long included wording about tough decisions in challenging times. Now, they're also increasingly ...

Duke faculty are fed up with cost-cutting. Thanks to a new independent analysis of institutional finances, many of them now feel they have the data to back up their grievances. Last March, Duke ...

Every CSCO knows the pattern. A market shock hits, executive pressure rises, and the organization is told to take costs out fast. The danger is not the mandate itself. It is what repeated, reactive ...

When a new general-purpose technology emerges—be it railroads, electricity, computers, etc.—companies react in predictable ways. A small minority tries to reinvent themselves around it; the majority ...

May 20 (Reuters) - German chemical group BASF is pushing more cost-cutting and on Wednesday also announced it had signed an agreement to sell its silicates business to U.S. rival PQ. * BASF to operate ...

Disney expects to lay off as many as 1,000 employees, much of which will come from its marketing department, according to a person familiar with the matter. The layoffs occur as part of Disney's ...

Costs are climbing faster than many operators expected, and teams are actively trying to figure out how to keep up without creating new problems in the process. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis ...

Energy and chemical leaders face a paradox: becoming leaner, faster, safer, and more sustainable amidst market pressures. "Smart operations," leveraging digital platforms, analytics, and AI, offer a ...

February brought a flurry of layoffs driven by cost-cutting efforts that were mostly tied to reducing budget shortfalls. In one case, dozens of jobs were slashed amid a merger. In total, colleges and ...