11.   The Halliburton board annually sets financial goals for the company with the understanding that executive bonuses will be withheld if the targets are not met.

12.   The executive bonus is based on the achievement of targets for return on net assets over a three-year period, the company said.

13.   They announced cutbacks in staff, mainly through attrition, and they said they would forgo executive bonuses.

14.   Even before the tire recall, Nasser had worked to improve the public image of Ford, among other things tying executive bonuses to surveys of customer satisfaction.

15.   He also suggested raising the income cap on Social Security taxes, or expanding the tax to include executive bonuses and stock options.

16.   Much of the increase was also attributed to auto executive bonuses and farm subsidies, analysts said.

17.   Stonecipher said Boeing had only itself to blame for its problems, and he predicted executive bonuses would be lower as a result.