11.   Investors expect a company to have executives who know a great deal about the industry that the business-to-business company is going after.

12.   It also has executives who feel little of the trepidation that deters many Western investors.

13.   It has nasty executives, dismal labor relations and take-no-prisoners fare wars with tactics that should be banned under the Geneva Convention.

14.   Its Dockers brand thrived as casual Friday invaded the workplace and had many executives swapping their pinstripes for khakis.

15.   Legere does have executives who defend him as an effective manager.

16.   Ruthardt noted, though, that the two companies have certain executives in common.

17.   So have CBS executives, who for months have been in discussions about building links with CNN.

18.   Some of the management companies sprang from group dental practices, and many have executives with dental and accounting backgrounds.

19.   The Japanese government set up a crisis room to handle the situation, as did several Japanese corporations that have business executives who are being held hostage.

20.   Together they have Hollywood executives at their mercy.