11.   At least top executives would have a new business-class hotel nearby.

12.   Bechtel executives also had to play pork-barrel politics to win the prized bid for the plant.

13.   Black said Latin American Internet executives would have advantages their U.S. counterparts did not.

14.   Both executives would have five-year employment contracts.

15.   A key to a possible liability would be showing that executives had negative information about the company before they set up their program sales.

16.   A Minneapolis television station and Dow Jones News Service reported that American and Northwest executives have had preliminary talks.

17.   A Fox network spokesman said its top executives had no comment.

18.   A top Philadelphia Eagles executive had a quizzical look on his face in a rather subdued winning locker room.

19.   A spokesman said executives would have no further comment until results were released next Tuesday.

20.   A survey published in June by BankAmerica Corp. showed Michigan business executives have more confidence in their local economy than any of their midwestern peers.