"We don't have to recreate the wheel because the Blue plans are already there," said Daniel J. Hilferty, the chief executive of Independence Blue Cross, a nonprofit headquartered in Philadelphia.
Alan H. Fishman, president and chief executive of Independence Community Bank, which is based in Brooklyn Heights, has more than 70 branches in the New York region and plans for more.
Dan Hilferty, the chief executive of Independence Blue Cross, in Pennsylvania, says that setting rates this year was somewhat of a "crapshoot", as he didn't know who would sign up.
The candidates include Alan H. Fishman, the former chief executive of Independence Community Bank; John Kanas, the former chief executive of North Fork Bank; Mark A. Willis, an executive vice president at JPMorgan Chase; and Sharon L. Greenberger, president of the School Construction Authority.
It was the growth engine at 3Com, a larger technology company, and Palm executives wanted independence and stock options in a fast-growing company with an Internet connection.
While last week's lists of footballers and business executives attacked independence but failed to endorse any one party, the actor Robbie Coltrane, writer Muriel Grey and medical ethicist Sheila McLean were among those claiming Labour was best for Scotland.
Enron's collapse and the issues it raises -- disclosure, reliability of audited financial records, behavior of executives, analysts' independence, pension plan regulations -- are no longer the stuff of Wall Street, the rich or the financial press.
Career 2012-present: chiexecutiveive, Capita Personal Independence Payments covering Wales, West and East Midlands, and Northern Ireland; 2009-12: various director-level positions, Serco, welfare to work, and other public sector markets; 1989-2009: founder and director, Disability Matters global consultancy.
Klaus Esser may be losing the title of chief executive and the independence of his company, Mannesmann A.G, but his paycheck won't be like that of some pink-slipped employee.
Trump signed the "Energy Independence Executive Order," a directive that weakens many Obama-era climate and clean energy initiatives.
