1.   Company executives are taking heart from the success of recent sales.

2.   An HBO executive took the bait.

3.   At a screening in Chicago, studio executives took one look at the tacked-on updates and went back to the original version.

4.   At Brazilian airline TAM, executives take turns acting as call center agents.

5.   Bank executives also took bribes from Hanbo, according to prosecutors, because they thought their supervisors in the government would protect them.

6.   Boies is expected to ask Allchin about the spreadsheet on Monday, when the executive takes the stand for cross-examination.

7.   Airport executives take those complaints seriously, mostly because they can be fatal to small airports.

8.   Alltel executives took their case to CenturyTel shareholders yesterday, but acknowledged that coming to terms with CenturyTel management could take time.

9.   Business groups worry about the extra liability that executives now take on, and Wall Street analysts lament their loss of exclusive inside dope.

10.   But finding the right executive can take time.