31.   Three top European executives were fired.

32.   When Olympic Airways flights had long delays in departures earlier this year, Transport Minister Haris Kastanidis threatened to fire ranking executives if the situation did not improve.

33.   Xerox had fired several executives in Mexico following accounting irregularities.

34.   But the deal needed court sanction to close the case, which has seen one top Texaco executive fired and another suspended two weeks without pay.