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Aerie has all the hallmarks of a promising early stage biotechnology company, ... Initial animal testing has been very encouraging. Our products target a rapidly growing $3 billion dollar global market that has seen little innovation and is ripe for improvement. We have a seasoned team of senior executives who will successfully shepherd AR-101 into the clinic, and we have provided the necessary capital to get them there.

Aerie has all the hallmarks of a promising early stage biotechnology company. Initial animal testing has been very encouraging. Our products target a rapidly growing $3 billion dollar global market that has seen little innovation and is ripe for improvement. We have a seasoned team of senior executives who will successfully shepherd AR-101 into the clinic, and we have provided the necessary capital to get them there.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

For example, 43 percent of the executives said they are concerned about a possible lawsuit over termination, discrimination or sexual harassment in the year ahead, yet only 33 percent of the companies purchase employment practices liability insurance. As a result of these findings, we continue to remain concerned that private companies may not be financially prepared to manage the consequences of a liability lawsuit or crime event.

For Delta senior executives to point out that the top paid hourly employees at an airline are mostly pilots is like pointing out that the top earners in a law firm are mostly lawyers.

Accountability is the name of the game. The increased emphasis on reimbursement and financial incentives that are tied to performance will place new demands on executives from across the health industry to develop and agree on quality measures. Payers will need to establish systems and processes so that they can evaluate and compare providers. They will need to provide employers with customized data to assist them in managing their health costs. They will rely more heavily on information technology and business intelligence tools to capture, store, retrieve and report quality information.

It's not the technical community screaming for this, it's the finance community. Executives responsible for costs are asking why they buy multiple applications and support agreements. This is particularly the case in mid-sized to large companies. In very small accounts the overall volume may not generate the same cost structure, but in larger and more distributed environments, there is a great opportunity to save in both operation and capital expenses.

It's ludicrous that he's not in the Hall. He's one of the most important executives in the history of the game. He transformed the sport. If the Hall is going include both players and executives, it hurts its integrity for him to not be there.

There's always going to be a need for gatekeepers who perform the service that record labels do now. Otherwise, it's just noise, pure cacophony. Most people who are not A&R (Artist & Repertoire) executives don't want to sort through tens of thousands of contenders to find 50 things that sound great.

There's an assumption that executives are there to do the right thing.

That's not what senior executives ought to be doing with their time. They ought to be worrying about business decisions.

This organizational structure makes it easier to hold executives accountable. The old organizational structure did not.

There was lots of wailing about the cost and difficulty. A year later, senior executives have told me this has worked out really well; having complete information 24 hours in advance forces them to load more efficiently and effectively.

They didn't really have a job in mind, but they knew I was knowledgeable about the game and passionate about the game, ... Paul Phipps is one of the great pro sports executives around, and I went to work with him for club services. It was a great learning experience for me, and we had some real success.

There is no way to predict accurately 10 years into the future, given the volatile economy and decisions of airline chief executives that sometimes defy what some of us see as logic.

The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at home. Mothers with dependent children can be sternly lectured on the need for self-reliance, but not dependent executives and investors, please. For them, the welfare state must flourish.

We welcome these distinguished technology executives to our Technical Advisory Board. These IT visionaries bring a wealth of experience and unique perspectives that will be enormously valuable in helping define ANTs' future product strategy and direction. I look forward to working with them as ANTs moves forward to strengthen its presence in the marketplace.

It's a clear warning shot across the bow not to apply the regulation in nit-picking cases. Though the SEC says it wants more disclosure to investors, Regulation FD in fact chills corporate speech and puts executives in fear that a variation in verb tense or body language will lead to charges of a violation.

Those union executives have no idea of what justice is, ... So, I will let the court decide if justice is being served.

This was a very difficult determination in an extremely close race. Both men will make far better Virginia chief executives than their critics would lead you to believe.

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

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

I didn't listen to executives.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

The hardest thing for a chief executive to do is to tell someone that they don't have a job anymore.

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

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

The laws effectively require that white executives replace themselves.

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.

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

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." ()

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.

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.

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.

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.

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

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,

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

Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives.

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

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

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

Network executives never did understand what made our show work,

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

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.

Action orientation is the mark of the superior executive.

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

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