executive
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“Foot Locker is more dependent on launch and retro product,” Ed Stack, Dick’s executive chairman, said then.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s the latest in a series of reorganizations since Josh D’Amaro became chief executive in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He oversaw the New York Times’s successful transformation into a dominant digital news product during his run as president and chief executive from 2012 to 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Neil Shand, the chief executive of the Scottish Beef Association, said the decision is "the most logical way forward to prevent trade complications."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
A national group called the People-to-People Committee was attempting to raise funds for the team, and the executive director asked Bobby if he’d give a simultaneous exhibition to publicize the team’s plight.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Each has its own executives that develop and produce programming—primarily for Disney+, Hulu, and the company’s linear channels, as well as other outlets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The funny thing is, it doesn’t just make you depressed about plastic surgery and sad women and sleazy TV executives.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
A survey of top U.S. executives in September showed that inflation is the industry’s biggest problem.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, venture capitalists and other tech executives fund that group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
By “steel barons,” the strikers meant the owners and top executives of the steel companies, many of whom were among the richest men in America.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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