1.   Blue Cross said it fired the executive responsible for the forgery.

2.   A top music executive has been fired.

3.   Also, Texaco fired an executive heard on tape discussing the suit.

4.   Company officials said the entertainment company would not run the theater, and would not hire or fire its executives.

5.   Even in the best of times, executives get fired, and in the worst, they get fired with disquieting frequency.

6.   Firms are slashing trading operations, firing executives, and in many cases unloading hard assets to beef up balance sheets and avoid an Enron-like conflagration.

7.   Five senior executives were fired a month later for failing to monitor him.

8.   He was John H. Patterson, a co-founder of National Cash Register Co. Patterson was famous for impulsive actions, often firing executives who displeased him.

9.   In October, five senior executives were fired for failing to monitor the investments of retail fund manager Peter Young.

10.   Mellon says it never authorized the strategy, and it fired two executives, Jacob Navon and Glenn Davis, for making unauthorized trades.