'Dr Bain' to apply another dose of cost-cutting EVEN a cursory view of yesterday's Fairfax results makes it clear why the company has once more called in corporate doctors Bain & Co to find further cost savings at the group. Put simply, the company's Fairfax of the Future plan -- already targeting annual savings of $251 million a year by June 2015 -- is not sufficient to stop the momentum of the fall in the company's earnings.