1.   Geoff Norman, managing partner of the Newcastle office of Ernst and Young, has been appointed honorary treasurer to the Tyne and Wear Chamber of Commerce.

2.   And Marcy Samet, managing partner for direct marketing, was promoted to managing director for direct marketing.

3.   Andrew Robertson, managing partner at Robertson, will head the new shop.

4.   At Collegiate Advantage, a Boston firm that specializes in marketing to college students, managing partner Bill Tyler sounded almost wistful in talking about the old days.

5.   Before he went into politics, when he was managing partner of the Texas Rangers, George W. Bush said he was interested in becoming baseball commissioner.

6.   Boras spoke with Malone and Dodgers managing partner, CEO and chairman Bob Daly on Thursday in the most productive negotiating session the sides had in a month.

7.   Bush was managing general partner for the Rangers for almost six years before being elected governor, and he no longer takes part in the operations of the club.

8.   But David Rocker, managing general partner of investment firm Rocker Partners, sees it as a potentially ominous sign.

9.   Change is constant for Michael J. Young, managing partner of global real estate programs for Accenture, the consulting and technology firm formerly named Andersen Consulting.

10.   Colangelo, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team was out of town Wedenesday.