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  Spotlight: Cutting Costs

Trendsetter Barometer
Private-Company CEOs Continue To Cut Costs As Optimism In U.S. Economy Increases

NEW YORK, June 10, 2009 – PricewaterhouseCoopers' Private Company Trendsetter Barometer indicates that private-company leadership is responding to the continued economic uncertainty with an aggressive yet optimistic hands-on approach to reducing costs across organizations, from the top down. However, the survey suggests that despite confident leadership, companies may be overlooking the need for strong cost management and cost control components to those cost reduction programs—components that are critical to ensure the programs’ sustainability over the long term.
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News Flashes
Private-Company CEOs Continue To Cut Costs As Optimism In U.S. Economy Increases
06/10/2009 Trendsetter Barometer

After five quarters of new lows, private companies show increasing optimism in U.S. economy
05/28/2009 Trendsetter Barometer

US-based multinationals project signs of stabilization by early 2010
05/26/2009 Management Barometer

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ first quarter Manufacturing Barometer indicates economic optimism is slowly rebounding among U.S. Industrial Manufacturers
04/28/2009 Manufacturing Barometer

How US manufacturers are responding to the financial crisis
04/28/2009 Manufacturing Barometer

Vast majority of private-company CEOs taking steps to improve their businesses despite recession
03/10/2009 Trendsetter Barometer

Costs and prices stop rising but pessimism about the U.S. and world economies remains high with senior executives of Consumer Products companies, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
03/04/2009 Consumer Products Barometer

US-based multinationals project a negative 12-month revenue outlook
02/24/2009 Management Barometer

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