1.   Such honesty, reflected in pay arrangements, helps the company retain good executives.

2.   Also, Anthem has built a reputation for retaining local executives who stay to run the business.

3.   And is anyone surprised that companies are having trouble retaining top executives who have all the money they could ever need.

4.   And many investors are not convinced by management arguments that repricing options is required to retain executives who might otherwise be lured away by competitors.

5.   Bonuses to retain key executives are common in mergers, but keeping them secret is unusual.

6.   Brown executive stock options and retain top executives.

7.   But Monday, Breuer seemed to be trying for a straddling position that would maintain central control while also retaining key executives on Wall Street.

8.   Companies like Quaker Oats and GTE have retained senior executives considering retirement by assigning them to foreign offices.

9.   Companies that award restricted stock usually contend that they do it to retain executives whose services are vitally important.

10.   Lincare would operate as an independent unit with incentives to retain its executives, Ms. Wohl said.