1.   But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn, says chairman Sir Roy Watts.

2.   Scarborough need one or two experienced players to work alongside the line-up of enthusiastic YTS players McHale has fielded recently, said the chairman.

3.   Consumer products showed some resilience, particularly in the second half, said chairman Gareth Davies.

4.   Atlantic Tele-Network said its chairman and co-chief executive, Jeffrey Prosser, will run the Virgin Islands operations as part of a new company.

5.   Barnett Bank Inc. said its chairman and chief executive officer Charles Rice took a short-term medical leave to admit himself to an alcohol treatment facility.

6.   CS Holding said its chairman, Rainer Gut, and the outgoing UBS chairman, Nikolaus Senn, talked about discussing a merger.

7.   Frontier Corp. said its chairman and former chief executive, Ronald Bittner, died last night.

8.   Gill said LILCO chairman William J. Catacosinos clearly does not like the proposal because it would leave LILCO essentially a shell corporation with no energy assets.

9.   He said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates called him shortly after the suit was filed, asking if there was another way to settle the dispute.

10.   Its size, location, reputation and work force were all attractive selling points, said QFC chairman Stuart Sloan.