11.   Also Thursday, Royals top executives said one other Kansas City family, which they would not identify, is a fourth candidate to be an owner.

12.   Amazon executives said the company had started a major initiative to make sure its fulfillment and inventory costs fall as a percentage of sales.

13.   America Online executives said this rate of turnover was to be expected.

14.   American and United executives have said they are willing to be held liable for the claims of those passengers on board the four planes that went down.

15.   American executives say it is impractical to design an entire vehicle for Japan given the volumes they can expect to sell here.

16.   American executives say WTO membership for China will introduce a rules-based system to a country still mired in cronyism and connections.

17.   Although all three businesses have several years left on their leases, Coca-Cola gave them an undisclosed amount of money to leave earlier, real estate executives said.

18.   Although Ford executives said their production cutbacks did not reflect weakening sales, investors vehemently disagreed with them Friday.

19.   Although Rubin avoided comment on exchange rates during his speech, U.S. business executives said something needs to be done about the strengthening dollar.

20.   Although space will remain scarce, the recent run-up in rents may not be sustainable, some executives say.