A black-suited executive stands beneath a suspended carrot, once a lure, now a sword of Damocles.
On this February day, Guru Banavar, an I.B.M. executive, stood on the balcony above the control room, watching the scene.
Zacconi, the chief executive, stands to bank $561m, and will stay on at the company.
Greg St. Claire was not interested in talking to me, but the other Edelman executive stood up and said hello.
Moira Gibb, Camden's chief executive, stood to control a combined budget of £507m to provide services to 400,000 people.
Last weekend a record executive stood at a party displaying news he had just received on his pager.
Only eight months ago, Rick Wagoner, then its chief executive, stood before hundreds of G.M. employees to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.
In a statement on Friday, a spokesman for Mr. Corzine said the former chief executive stood by his earlier testimony before Congress.
The Internet pioneer disclosed in a regulatory filing late on Friday what its incoming chief executive stands to receive when he begins work on Monday or soon thereafter.
A lifelong football fan and Liverpool supporter he is delighted to be replacing Ian Ayre, even if the remit has changed slightly since the former chief executive stood down.
As Mr. Garito demonstrated the Trigger Flex in Ellman International's headquarters in Oceanside, Alan G. Ellman, the chief executive, stood beside him.
