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Well, the 'Giuliana & Bill' show is a little bit different because Giuliana and I are the executive producers of the show, so certainly we have a lot of control and we have total, I guess if we wanted to, editing power, but I will say, in the seven seasons we've done the show, we've never used our executive producer powers to cut something out.

Wall Street recognizes the value generated by successful debt purchasing companies, but it is quick to react negatively to escalating portfolio prices, executive and employee turnover, and revenue recognition issues.

We learned last week we had no director. The executive committee then met (with the commissioners) but we were not told the reasons for Fred leaving. I wasn't aware of any problems and this sort of came out of the blue. He had been doing a good job, I thought, on our comprehensive plan and other projects.

The real question in this case ... is who makes the threshold determination of using a civilian or military legal system. It's a classic case of executive and congressional power versus judicial power.

While phase one is strictly informational we are currently developing a network of charter jet, luxury motor yacht, executive ground transportation companies as well as all inclusive resorts that are geared to meet the needs of the affluent traveler.

While our 'pay-for-performance' executive compensation system is already structured to significantly reduce total compensation when our business performance and stock price are underperforming, we all agreed that this is the right step to take at this time.

Though Gray Davis now apparently has finally taken my advice of last week and issued the executive order, his delay here -- as it has been in so many areas as the energy crisis and the budget crisis -- is absolutely shameful and intolerable.

We consider ourselves to be in the executive performance business. Most of our members are their company's chief decision makers. The concept is that it enables members to have access to a broader perspective that raises their ability to be a better leader and make better decisions.

This report brings to light the role mutual funds play in enabling excessive compensation and helps investors determine which ones are committed to shareholder value and merit their business. The time is now for mutual funds to use their voting power in the interest of shareholders to tie executive pay to actual job performance.

To be narrowed into that top four was considered to be a pretty strenuous series of eliminations. (The members of the executive board) all praised the finalists for their qualifications.

Too often executive pay is not tied to performance.

Thomas is an energetic, experienced and far-sighted executive with a strong track record as a financial professional from one of the world's most respected companies. His experience in business development, organizational management and international commerce make him the ideal choice to drive and manage Activision's strategic direction and growth and help us continue to deliver superior financial returns to our shareholders,

With basic keyword search tools and manual processes for e-mail discovery, organization and analysis, enterprises are subject to excessive costs, serious risks, inefficient business processes, and in extreme cases, executive indictments. Early customers have achieved multi-million dollar savings, validating the solution's inherent value and the significance of the emerging E-mail Intelligence category.

With a president who believes that he has the kind of executive power he thinks he has -- which is wrong, by the way -- that marriage to a Supreme Court nominee who believes in broad, expansive power is extremely dangerous to our system of government. The most important thing is for the will of the American people to do something about (poverty). I think it's there. What's missing is leadership.

There are scenarios where it would be a beneficial and acceptable tool, but there are also cases where it could be a usurping of power. This is a fine line the executive body is going to have to walk.

There are proposals where there is little or no evidence available from the executive to support the assertion that the reforms proposed will safeguard the interests of children and support stable families.

The President was certainly pleased to nominate James Simpson. He's got a long history from his time as commissioner of the MTA to his position as chairman and chief executive officer of Victory Van Lines. He's someone the president feels is very qualified.

There are lots of brownfield sites in Stoke, but they are not suitable for building executive homes. It needs to be surrounded by fields. It needs to be on greenbelt land. That's what executives want.

While I had hoped every member of the executive board would have submitted a vote, I have spoken with a few teams during this process that said they were going to wait to find out what happens with certain claims filed before the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor. We are confident that these claims are without merit and will be withdrawn or dismissed in the near future.

Without question, Mayor Kilpatrick and Oakland County Executive Patterson personify the tremendous opportunities and challenges this region faces in the areas of economic development, regionalism and our ongoing struggles with race relations. We look forward to constructive dialogue on these issues that are critical to the region's progress.

When you are placing executive assistants, chemistry is everything. With a technology need, culture fit is not as important. Typically companies are looking for very specific skills such as Java.

When we made the decision to remove the executive director position, it was a financial call. We simply could not make our budget.

We welcome David to the executive staff of our management team. His unique expertise in both the facilities and operations aspects of managing high-profile arts and entertainment venues in the Bay Area will prove invaluable as we plan the next phase of expansion of our exhibits and event programs.

We are excited to have such a seasoned executive with a history of helping businesses develop and grow join Descartes. On behalf of the board of directors and management, I welcome him to our team and look forward to seeing the impact his industry leadership in mobile asset, transportation, warehouse and event management technology has on our progress.

We are excited to have Bobby on board as Executive Producer, and expect his talent and years of experience will give Oak Films an edge as the project goes into production and then on to market.

Finally, in 1953, Al Willis, the executive director of the IHSA said enough is enough. In 1954 the state tournament was fully integrated.

The governor specifically is incensed by the amount of executive compensation paid for lack of performance. He's very performance based.

The government has produced all documents and information to which defendant is entitled. Requiring the production of the additional materials sought by defendant would unreasonably encroach on legitimate interests of national security, grand jury secrecy and executive privilege.

We see this as a positive and a necessity given that the scope and complexity of Wal-Mart's U.S. business is too broad for a single executive to oversee anymore.

We've been bulking up our administrative and executive layers in Charlotte. We want to shift more of the load to Charlotte because it is much closer to our members, who are mostly east of the Mississippi.

to develop a complete picture of the decision-making that led the United States to go to war. ... And the Executive Branch owes it to the American people to make certain that their elected representatives are fully informed.

While the timing of this executive departure is not particularly good for Wal-Mart in light of the Coughlin situation, which exposed weakness inside the upper ranks of Wal-Mart management, the loss of Kevin Turner is not going to alter the course of the company.

While the legislative session has now ended, the need for school reform has not and Texans can rest assured that even though the legislature did not act, I will, ... The people have demanded reform, they have been promised reform and I intend to deliver reform using the full constitutional authority of the executive branch.

You bet there'll be congressional hearings. I think both branches, the legislative branch and the judiciary branch, should look into this in depth, because this is a frightening event, that American citizens can expect that the executive branch on their own can decide whether to raid a home.

We've had some very good meetings with everybody involved (on) the executive side of it. I feel very good about the strategy.

WRC Media is pleased to announce the promotion of an innovative executive such as Peter Esposito. Peter has demonstrated outstanding marketing and sales success, and his wealth of industry knowledge will help us grow our company exponentially over the years to come.

to show what Martha Stewart Living was really all about to the broadest possible audience, the kind of executive that I really am and the kind of work we do.

Tonight the executive board voted to begin a series of strikes first out on some of the private bus lines and then extending onto MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) properties.

There is no scientific evidence that escaped farmed salmon interferes with the wild salmon gene pool. Wild salmon have been breeding for thousands of years and have survived. Farmed salmon have been bred for 30 years and it is unlikely that they are going to overpower the wild salmon gene pool. We are not in business to let salmon escape; our business depends on keeping them in the cages. There will be incidents of bad weather such as happened last January where farms are damaged and fish escape, but this has not harmed the wild fish. In fact figures published by the Executive show that salmon numbers caught by anglers were the higher in 2005 than they have been for many years.

This was in executive session and I can't discuss it. I was shocked by some of her statements. I was one of her staunchest supporters. I am asking her to tender her resignation.

This week the Executive had the opportunity to clamp down on this appalling situation but once again it failed to seize the opportunity. It is the citizens of Scotland that will suffer.

This was Ted's idea. He had the support on the (Aug. 31) conference call, but he wanted to make sure that everybody was okay with him being the executive director. Hopefully, we'll be able to put this all behind us.

This was a disgrace. No details were provided to the executive board. (Toussaint) wants us to discuss the details after Christmas.

This vote demonstrates that the AEIF stands united in its determination to secure an equitable labor agreement with AK Steel. The executive committee will continue negotiating with AK Steel to achieve that result.

We fully intend to suspend all executive incentive pay. This is something we want to request. The basis for this is there's a whole bunch of cash going out of the company, and this is a way to preserve some of that.

We had a highly politicized media event yesterday in Washington that didn't change where we were last week, ... There's no new news here. I'm personally buying more stock, today (Wednesday), as will a lot of our executive committee.

Though not specifically part of management succession, this move, like Mary Minnick's promotion last year, elevates another strong executive and makes them both people to watch.

The president is committed ... He will undertake a series of executive steps, and has issued a memorandum directing me to come up with a strategy with the private sector.

What happens if the governor is incapacitated? Isn't it easier if you don't have to ask the governor to sign an executive order every time you need one?

We (the county executive staff) came up with an extensive list of potentially interested parties and then whittled that list down to nine organizations whom we extended an invitation to participate in the process.

We solicited ideas from anyone who is a member of our club. After we got the names, we went through them as an executive board and narrowed it down to 10 for this year.

What's going to happen is that county council and the county executive will be able to blame the judge. I think that's what's going to happen -- they want to blame the judge for reassessment. That's not leadership, that's hiding,

We informed our people on the surface, tracked it for a while and then headed to port. After we left port, I was in the executive officer's quarters and noticed a newspaper picture of a submarine with an article stating it was the first time a Russians nuclear submarine had ever been photographed on the surface while in operating waters,

We don't think the national security issue trumps the defendant's rights to get this information that is in the possession of the Executive Branch.

We certainly don't agree with the executive amendment.

U.S. cinema has a long way to go. Hollywood is not the most welcoming place for female directors. Women have made leaps and bounds over the last 10 years in filling studio executive jobs, but still, behind the camera, it's very driven by guilds that aren't as welcoming to women as they might be.

We are very fortunate to be able to draw upon Jim Adamson's many talents and experiences at this time of transition at Kmart. Now that the company has taken the difficult, but necessary actions to stabilize its finances and operations, he is the right executive to move Kmart forward.

was going to have a front-row seat to some pretty amazing interaction with some very deserving people. I'm so glad my name was thrown into the pot, and I look forward to working with NBC ... and executive producer Andrew Glassman -- and I hope that together we are able to make a lot of dreams come true.

We are anxious for the Supreme Court to hear the Padilla case and hope that this decision by the 4th Circuit will give the impetus for the Supreme Court to hear it. The executive use of authority has been overreaching in the domestic arena.

We are very pleased to have Mr. Colbert join us as president and CEO. J.D. Colbert brings a strong record of success in the executive positions that he has held in banking and Indian country. We believe that he is a great fit for our organization and we look forward to exciting accomplishments under his leadership.

We are very pleased to have John join our Board. He is an accomplished financial executive whose extensive experience as a financial advisor, senior corporate executive and auditor will be a great asset to both the Audit Committee and our company as a whole. We look forward to working with John and drawing on his wealth of experience and insight.

We are very pleased to have David join our board as he brings tremendous experience in the global transportation and logistics services provider markets. We look forward to David's strategic insight, not only as a global logistics industry veteran, but also as a successful executive familiar with the tremendous value that logistics technology can bring to transportation and logistics services provider markets.

We are very pleased that Mary has joined Interactive Data. By increasing Interactive Data's brand awareness throughout the financial community, we believe Mary will help us fortify our leadership position in the back office, while we continue to deepen relationships with clients and expand our business in the front and middle offices. The addition of Mary to Interactive Data strengthens our executive management team, and will help us better leverage the resources across our businesses to achieve our short- and long-term growth objectives.

Both are now mapping out a strategy for the destruction of the executive and the collapse of the Assembly.

Even if this spill doesn't get any worse, the damage from it -- and that's of course not sure -- a leading fishing industry executive says that the Christmas season is already ruined by this spill for several thousand fishermen and their families.

Bob has extensive experience as both a legal executive with leading corporations and a partner in major law firms. His broad range of experience will be extremely beneficial as we continue to execute our aggressive strategic growth initiatives. We couldn't be more pleased to have Bob as part of our executive management team.

Bill Abbott is a versatile, experienced finance executive and we are thrilled he has joined our team. His hiring completes our senior executive team and brings tremendous value to our organic and acquisition-driven growth plans.

Every July, 400 of the most powerful media and tech industry chieftains meet at investment banker Herb Allen's conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, for what are usually convivial discussions of megatrends and megamergers. But this year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates III laid into Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer, according to two sources, including one who witnessed the exchange in a private room,

Every CEO and top executive in America is now reading that Wisconsin is a dangerous place to operate a business because you're getting sued out of business. That's why it's such a big deal.

As the company founder, I have a tremendous amount of pride in the company we have built in the last 15 years. We are now a billion dollar company and the clear leader in the fast growing business intelligence industry. Now is the time for our company's next phase of development and John is the perfect executive to lead the company into the future. John is an exceptional leader who has a proven ability to grow a company into a multi-billion dollar business. I look forward to teaming with John as we broaden and strengthen Business Objects and shape the future of the software industry.

As the world's largest domain name provider, responsible for more than 11 million domain names, Go Daddy feels an obligation to protect our customers and represent their interests. It's an obligation we share with lawmakers and federal officials, so it is important that we be in Washington, as a base of Internet knowledge for Capitol Hill, the Executive Branch and Federal Regulators.

At one level this is a very technical, dry case about when deference is owed (to an executive interpretation of federal law). But Kennedy is trying to rise above the technicalities to make a point about executive overreaching. Kennedy likes to remind people of the big picture.

Did he tell you he is trying to be executive director? That's why he brought that cash. He was there soliciting votes to become executive director.

Documents that she's prepared as executive counsel to the president will be subject to executive privilege.

Consider this: Apple says its stores are now making more than $1 billion in sales per quarter. Just two years ago, the stores were making $1 billion a year -- and at that time they were the fastest-growing retail operation in history, beating the previous record holder The Gap to $1 billion annual sales in just three years, according to Ron Johnson, the executive in charge of Apple's retail operations. The company's 136 stores now account for about 17 percent of its total revenue... Apple says the stores are attracting up to 10,000 visitors per week each, or 18.1 million visitors a year in total. These are extraordinary figures.

Doug is a leader who understands the major responsibility borne by an executive both in the business-employment sense and the civic sense. US Airways clearly sees Greater Philadelphia as a key market in its future and they want to play a role in growing our regional economy.

Craig brings a wealth of industry experience and knowledge to Apache at this critical juncture of the company, and we are pleased to welcome him to our executive team. Craig will play a pivotal role in continuing our rapid growth and increasing the proliferation of our technology worldwide.

an irresponsible use of the public airwaves, as well as a call for the Bush administration to violate the executive order banning assassination.

And what about the right to declare war? The executive branch does not have that right; only Congress is given that power by our Constitution.

Enron's quick collapse touched off more aggressiveness by regulators and prompted them to dig more deeply into executive dealings.

Environmental groups today are accusing the Bush administration of massively abusing its executive authority by working with its energy supporters in order to subvert and undermine our major environmental laws.

Edinburgh are on the way forward finally and partly because we have a good Chief Executive and good Human Relations bosses.

Earlier in my career, I needed to be the writer, casting director, set designer, leading man, and producer. I've been eliminating a lot of those jobs. I'm an executive producer right now. I still get to pick the best screenplays.

Five years ago, this wouldn't have been on the radar screen. But now, we have a strong county executive whose approval rating is in the 80's, a revitalized party, and a candidate who will be in the majority and can deliver for the district.

There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.

There's no doubt in my mind that the day that the CEO from Bridgestone/Firestone was put on the air to apologize for this, it would be the very last day that that person would be working there, ... For a Japanese executive to go that far and assume the responsibility really is tantamount to saying, 'I've caused all these problems with my bad management style,' and that's why I think you'll see somebody go into Bridgestone and I'll bet he'll make huge changes.

Isn't it the case, ... that there were deep divisions inside the executive over the issue and rather than tell the prime minister that, the first minister chose to abdicate responsibility and stay completely silent.

I sincerely apologize to you, Dr. Lee, for the unfair manner in which you were held in custody by the executive branch,

The whole thing has to be taken to the school board. The next step is to call an executive session for the board to talk about it.

There will probably be personnel involved and they also have rights under the open meetings law. I'm not going to close the door on it (forensic audit) but it would have to happen in executive session.

The Scottish Executive would be more honest if they'd given Tom Shaw a white stick anda guide dog, then tied his arms behind his back.

The role was carved out for government backbenchers purely for Nationalist Party reasons, not to satisfy any constitutional and public need, as in the case of Cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, who head the Executive according to the democratic separation of powers.

The role-based idea just wouldn't fly here, because I can guarantee you that every person you define -- salesperson, executive -- is going to want some feature that's not in their role

The rode to dishonor in office can end in this committee, in this room, on this very day, ... What an impeachment is, of course, is the single device to remove from the office the chief executive who you decide is constitutionally disqualified to serve, and by doing so, overturn two national elections.

It would appear that the board has concluded it would be easier to teach an energy executive the agricultural side of the business, than an agricultural executive the energy side.

These sectors may continue to see high chief executive turnover in light of what will most likely be categorized as a lackluster holiday shopping season.

These results were disappointing. As the year progressed, it became evident that significant changes were required both on the board and in the executive ranks of the company and we have aggressively undertaken those changes.

These proposals are a radical revision of the existing framework. Next year's proxies on executive pay are going to look pretty different.

The Senate has used a variety of tools over the years to get the attention of the executive branch, ... It's their prerogative to do it, whether it's a filibuster or a hold.

The Senate has not asked for anything falling under executive privilege,