1.   Disney executives believe the porcelain models will become another lucrative spin off for their cartoon empire.

2.   And giving stock makes the employees shareholders, which many executives believe breeds loyalty.

3.   And he also offered evidence intended to show that Compaq executives did not believe that their agreement with Microsoft prevented them from installing Netscape on their computers.

4.   At this point, most executives believe the dispute will be settled and MSNBC will go on as scheduled.

5.   Auto executives believe that despite the slower results last month, sales will hold up for the rest of the year.

6.   Before the terrorist attacks, Oracle executives believed that the weakness in technology spending had probably bottomed out.

7.   Benetton executives believe a SoHo location is more in keeping with the Sisley image.

8.   Biochip companies are working on encryption technology to keep such data private, but most industry executives believe that legislation will be necessary to prevent abuses.

9.   Boeing executives believe the fastest growing part of the aerospace industry in the coming years will be in telecommunications.