The departure of Mr. Jordan, president of eBay's PayPal unit, is the latest in a string of departures among high-level executives.
They lost, but they became agile wheeler-dealers, maneuvering for board seats and management leverage in a string of companies, among them the National Kinney Corporation, the Uris Building Corporation, the Starrett Corporation and United Brands, which was known for selling bananas.
Linens 'n Things is the latest in a string of retailers — among them the furniture store Levitz, the electronics seller Sharper Image and the catalog and Internet retailer Lillian Vernon — that have sought protection in recent months as consumers tighten their belts.
Mr. Perez is the latest in a string of Connecticut officials — among them a governor, a state senator, a state treasurer and several mayors — who have been arrested for corruption in the last decade.
That arrest marks the most high-profile incident in a string of drug busts among B-list Chinese celebrities.
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The combination is another in a string of recent mergers and acquisitions among money management firms.
Prosecutors on Monday charged a 40-year-old Swede with 3 counts of murder and 12 counts of attempted murder in a string of shootings that spread fear among immigrants in the southern city of Malmo.
For about a month, Lin was all that anyone in New York could talk about: the lanky Harvard graduate who played point guard like he was born to it, burning Kobe Bryant, among others, in a string of victories that saw him responsible for last-minute heroics and for keeping the team in the game at all.
Hunt's ketchup is among the latest in a string of major-brand products that have replaced the vilified sweetener.
