top executives

Congressional Democrats began to set their own terms on Sunday for a plan to rescue the nation’s financial institutions, including greater legislative oversight of the Treasury Department, more direct assistance for homeowners and limits on the pay of top executives whose firms seek help.

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As rank-and-file employees confronted an uncertain future, top executives huddled in all-day meetings and braced for takeover bids, expected by Saturday afternoon.

With Lehman Brothers' shares signaling another steep drop, top executives are racing to put a sale of the beleaguered investment bank in place before it loses further market value.

Nearly one-third of the country's top executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial problems.

Alcatel-Lucent moved to right its struggling business and smooth its internal conflicts, appointing two veteran European business leaders to its top posts.

At Britain's BT Group, Ben Verwaayen was lauded for transforming the money-losing phone company into a profitable and aggressive leader in broadband Internet access.

Fannie Mae said three of its top executives were leaving as the company tries to cope with mounting losses from the troubles in the housing market.

Fannie Mae says three top executives are leaving as the mortgage finance company aims to cope with mounting losses from the mortgage crisis.

Oracle has sued SAP, accusing its top executives of allowing a software maintenance subsidiary called TomorrowNow to steal copies of Oracle's products.

Top executives of the five biggest U.S. oil companies said Tuesday they know high fuel prices are hurting consumers, but deflected any blame and argued their profits — $123 billion last year — were in line with other industries.