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In the last few days, Oracle executives have had the opportunity to speak with the holders of a majority of PeopleSoft shares, ... Many of those shareholders indicated the prices at which they would tender their shares.

In the current environment, it's fashionable to accuse departing executives of misconduct in an effort to avoid paying their severance.

Insurance is a tough industry for investors to analyze, so we know we have to work harder to earn their trust. This ranking recognizes the diligence and energy of our investor relations team plus the hard work and commitment to disclosure of executives across our enterprise. We're gratified that investors acknowledged their efforts.

In our conversations with executives outside the region, we still hear the perception that crime is still a problem.

In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed profitability out as far as they could. Our survey this year has definitely found improved profit levels emerging sooner rather than later, and this is very encouraging.

I remember on the pilot of 'Will and Grace' some executives from NBC saying to me, 'There are too many gay jokes.' I said, 'If not on this show, then what show?'

In the normal process of evaluating the end of the season, I meet with key executives for thorough discussions and evaluations of all aspects of football operations.

In the 1950s, about a quarter of corporate executives died before they hit 65 so they died in office. There was a notion that you better get out by 65 if you want a retirement. Now, people are living longer and they're also living healthier. People don't have to retire so they say the heck with it. You see these founding CEO-type folks hanging around forever.

In terms of the executives involved, they've got every incentive to do a deal, whether it makes sense or not, because if they don't do one, they give the money back.

In a down economy, our survey has found executives always pushing profitability a few years out, and this year is no different. But what the executives are telling us this year is that they have seen the worst and that the industry is poised for a rebound.

I have worked closely with Sandra over the past 15 years, and she is one of the savviest business executives in the television industry, ... The teaming of Sandra's business acumen and Kevin's creative instincts positions Lions Gate Television for continued profitable growth.

Being able to extend E-mail to executives who aren't at their desks is a real productivity win for us.

High pay is partially due to competition for executives and being able to keep them, ... They know other companies in that field pay that kind of money. If they don?t the person is going to be gone in a very short period of time.

Because these executives see a connection between their company health benefit plan, employee health, and workforce productivity, they have a vested interest in maintaining and improving employee health. There also may be a connection between providing healthcare information and improved workforce health.

Hospitals are huge moneymakers. Their executives enjoy big bonuses.

Howard and Craig are two of the most respected producers and entertainment executives in the film business. I have always admired their work, which has included some of the most popular feature films of all time. They are also among the few with an eye to the future of the technologies and innovations that will drive the entertainment business. They are bringing the type of top-notch producing, acting and writing talent normally only seen in major Hollywood productions to our cutting-edge games.

He's regarded as one of the top five executives in this industry. I think he'll make a tremendous owner and be a real credit to the community.

Genetic engineering companies want to create a situation where you have to get permission from a corporation to eat. And the corporate executives don't live in the community. They don't send their kids to the same school. They don't go to the same churches. They don't play in the same parks. They don't swim in the same pools. They don't go to the same movies.

I felt that there should be a special card for high-earning executives who spend a lot. After identifying this target audience to American Express, they went ahead and did it. The card turned out to be a big success.

I am very pleased to welcome Dan to our board of directors. As one of the most regarded executives in Israel, Dan brings a broad business perspective as well as a wealth of experience to our board, making him a valuable addition to the team.

I am pleased to be able to call on three senior executives who have helped to bring Sky to where it is today and to extend their responsibilities in ways that are closely aligned with our business priorities. With these changes, we will work together more effectively to create greater value for customers, exploit content on multiple platforms and expand into adjacent areas of business.

I can see a trend, executives want to save costs on business travel and connecting people virtually is becoming more affordable,

I do not believe the remarks that have been made by senior executives at Telstra were in any way helpful,

I believe executives need to stay very close to their manufacturing facilities, ... If you keep lines of communications open, you prevent problems from occurring.

I didn't listen to executives.

Government should not ignore the criminal aspects of what the tobacco companies were doing. In fact, a good argument can be made that, over time, tobacco company executives consciously disregarded the substantial and unjustifiable risk that people might be killed.

Great companies have been reduced by hiring executives that don't work out.

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding.

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

The key is to make SMART resolutions. Over the years, we have learned how to set goals that are reasonable and that will lead to success. We encourage sales executives to apply a simple test to their business resolutions. Ask if it's SMART: specific, measurable, activity-based, realistic and time-bound? If they meet these criteria their success will escalate.

This is a great opportunity for our fans to show their stuff. We hope fans will come to the game dressed in green with their game faces on. We want the movie executives to see in person why we believe the 'We Are ... Marshall' cheer is the best in the nation, and why it should be done in the movie by true Herd fans.

A lot about the game has changed, and thankfully, much of it is for the better. There is still work to do, but today we have a Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, we have black owners, managers and executives of teams...and look what Nike has done! The Untold Truth Collection represents more than a jersey or a pair of sneakers. It represents our lives, our story, our legacy.

The hugely successful publication has evolved with the changes in the book market, and has expanded its mission to have a wider appeal to all business executives at book publishing companies.

The healthcare area is in need of a wide range of workers. There are new ads for doctors, nurses, and technicians as well as the full range of support personnel from top executives and management jobs to records clerks, secretaries, food service and general administrative support.

The highest, most mature level of corporate learning is learning on demand. While executives would never use this phrase, that's exactly the way they learn. They want the ability to obtain highly specific, relevant information whenever and wherever it's needed. Companies should factor this need into the learning resources made available to their senior executives.

The greatest thing about having done 'Orange' are the doors that have opened for me, and people have been able to see me, like the executives and the casting directors - also, all of the fantastic directors and writers for independent films.

The chief executives of the Australia and South Africa boards and I will come back with recommendations for a change, if any, to the ICC anti-racism policy during the April 30 meeting.

The four executives arranged a complex scheme to cook the books at AIG. The scheme was designed to mislead analysts and the investing public.

The claim that a metropolitan location would improve corporate management is fallacious, ... Personally, if it comes down to a choice among several potential Habitat executives to be employed in the future, I would choose one who preferred life in South Georgia to those who might insist on an urban existence.

It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.

The Consumer Audio brands category has scores of brands vying for wealthy households. Many of the wealthy are audiophiles who only buy top-of-the-line, yet most also acquire well-known audio brands. We mapped the entire category by brand reputation using the voice of wealthy consumers to gain an understanding of awareness, and the perceived differences among the world's leading audio brands. Brand reputation with the target market has been rated by executives as one of the most critical metrics a brand can measure over time; and there is no consumer more likely to buy more in volume and value than America's wealthy consumer. These are your best prospects and customers.

The digital apocalypse continues to blight the lives of television producers, music-industry executives and newspaper publishers, all of whom are scrambling to figure out how to reconfigure their business models in such a way as to allow them to make an honest buck.

Among the worries of today's business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll.

The members find it gross and disgusting that United executives are going to benefit from the workers' sacrifices.

The laws effectively require that white executives replace themselves.

The Lockyer investigation should put oil industry executives on notice that they are going to have to answer tough questions about their role if the price of gasoline rises more than ten percent above pre-Katrina prices or above approximately $3.10 per gallon,

The link between stress and vacation levels is interesting. Do the results mean that executives who take longer vacations feel less stressed? Or is it that the less stressed they feel, the more vacation they are able to take? Either way, the differences in holiday patterns around the world are huge, with Thailand's business leaders taking an extremely low number of vacation days compared to many others.

The job of the State Board of Investment is to focus on the returns for pensioners and retirees. The company's efforts to stop or limit additional options for certain executives is a good step. The rest of these allegations are being reviewed and we should let that process work." ()

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.

It is unfortunate we can't buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.

... a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands on executive.

When you are an executive, my friends, that is not leadership.

In my experience, good executives don't make mistakes.

I came to understand that the words executive and corporate never belong next to the word chef.

Either an executive can do his job or he can't.

Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive.

An executive is one who makes an immediate decision and is sometimes right

Network executives never did understand what made our show work,

If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.