101.   Ballmer and many other senior executives donated money to Gorton and not to Cantwell, who, after all, was a top executive at a Microsoft rival.

102.   BankBoston Corp. plans to expand its business in Asia as struggling stock and currency markets create opportunities to attract customers and hire staff, a top executive said.

103.   Barakett and one director from the existing board would form a strategic committee of two to plot the future of the company and its top executives.

104.   ATLANTA - Equifax has reached outside the company again for a top executive.

105.   Bankers Trust New York Corp. hired Richard Daniel, the top financial executive at Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., as its chief financial officer.

106.   Barring unforeseen future changes at the Burbank, Calif.-based entertainment giant, no more shifts of top executives are expected, spokesman John Dreyer said.

107.   Barad and the top executives at Mattel are long gone, swept away in a wave of red ink and plummeting stock prices.

108.   Augusto Lopez, a top executive in the group, met with Samper for a private lunch at the presidential palace today.

109.   Bates Worldwide has reassigned several top executives as the agency continues making management changes.

110.   Bayer refused to make its top executives available for comment.