As for George Osborne's decision to require RBS to slim down its investment banking even further, and to retreat into being more of a UK bank, the word from the Royal Bank is that he's simply falling into line with chief executive Stephen Hester's blunt assessment with his third quarter results last month.
Mr Ball said his objectives were "completely in line" with the chief constable's.
The hip-hop legend cofounded his eponymous headphone line with Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine and quickly developed a mutually-beneficial manufacturing arrangement with Monster.
Defending BT's position as the dominant player in the ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) market, chief executive Ben Verwaayen said looser regulation would encourage BT investors to create a 21st Century network.
Bloomberg is reporting that Ford Motor Co. directors will promote Mark Fields to chief operating officer as early as tomorrow, putting him in line to succeed Alan Mulally as chief executive of the second-largest U.S. automaker.
The harder-line Mr Mofaz, a hawkish former chief of staff of the army, was against an alliance with Meretz.
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Last summer, the ECB's chief Mario Draghi put a line in the sand with his "whatever it takes" (to save the euro) speech.
"Most of the companies seem to be coming in ahead of earnings expectations, but the thing that's still problematic is the revenue line, " said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management.
"Earnings are largely meeting expectations, but there have clearly been some top-line disappointments, " said Christie Zarkovich, chief investment officer for EverBank Wealth Management.
In assessing the value of a senior health-service manager or council chief, for example, the line between core competence and bonus-worthy brilliance might be hard to define.
"India is a large country, but we see challenges growing in the industry three to five years down the line, " says S. Gopalakrishnan, chief operating officer at Infosys.
After a Frank Lampard shot crossed the line but was not given as England lost to Germany in the Round of 16, FIFA chief Sepp Blatter backtracked on his previous belief that there was no room for goal-line technology in football.
Earlier, new Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura announced the line-up of the new Cabinet, with Kocher Gemba named as foreign minister.
He says his backlog is three years deep and includes a bike for Robert Nardelli, Chrysler's new chief, who has to wait in line like everyone else.
Galaxy is the company's trademark line of Android-based mobile products -- chief among them the Galaxy S4 smartphone, which has emerged as the chief rival to Apple's iPhone.
"To help VIZIO PC users unlock the ideal interactive Windows 8 experience, we have integrated touchscreen functionality across our entire spring PC line-up, " said Matt McRae, Chief Technology Officer, VIZIO.
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"Even if they aren't cooking or using the products very often, very wealthy people want to have the top-of-the-line of everything, " explains Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institute , a research firm based in New York.
France's dilemma is described in a November report on competitiveness to the French government by Louis Gallois, the former chief executive officer of EADS. Bottom line: Unlike their counterparts across the Rhine, French industrial companies have ended up in the wrong segment of the global product markets.
The bottom line is that this is not a matter for the chief whip.
Chief fire officer Paul Raymond said front-line services would have to be cut to deal with the shortfall.
But, when Congress crosses the line into undermining the promise of the president's chief diplomat, the good-cop-bad-cop routine becomes a liability.
Adrian Lewis, public services chief officer, said the changes were in line with recommendations made in a comprehensive review carried out in July 2011.
Walter Baumy, the agency's engineering division chief, said the Corps is trying to line up rock, sandbags, barges, helicopters and cranes to patch the damaged levees.
Analysts say this falls in line with an initiative previously promoted by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the "quartet" of US, European, Russian and UN mediators.
"Mirra 530 features the latest in pool cleaning technology and an easy-to-use design, bringing yet another state-of-the art solution to iRobot's line of home robots, " said Jeff Beck, chief operating officer at iRobot.
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Speaking ahead of the discussion, Mr Gargan said as chief constable he was directly accountable for front-line services.
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According to Chief Inspiration Officer Jaspar Roos, SEEDS provides a direct line between high net worth customers of the bank and projects that have a strong social pay-off.
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