1.   Some firms prefer candidates with business backgrounds because business courses emphasize quantitative analytical skills.

2.   His business background enabled him to guide the health authority through some of the biggest changes in the NHS since its inception.

3.   Along with their business backgrounds, Bloch and Helzberg also have strong educational ties.

4.   An impresario, like Andre Bishop at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City, or someone with a business background, like Todd Haimes at the Roundabout Theater?

5.   Before that, Selvaggio was head chef at a Sheraton Resort in Santa Barbara, California, a job he sought to broaden his business background.

6.   Bloomberg, a Republican mayoral candidate, said his business background made him particularly qualified to lead the city through any slowdown.

7.   A White House spokesman said she was selected for her strong business background and other experience.

8.   Bush aides and the commissioners themselves say their business backgrounds do not make them partial to industry.

9.   But this time, he said, his business background really paid off.

10.   Checchi is a political neophyte whose extensive business background as an investor has a Fort Worth connection.