The Localism Act will require the 12 biggest cities in England to hold referenda to consider a switch to elected executive Mayors - the result could be a Boris-type figure in Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield .

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He was dying on the phone when he heard another mute button switch off and the voice of an even more senior executive came on the line.

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He heard a mute button switch off and a voice he recognized as that of a senior executive in New York came on the line.

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Attention will now switch to San Francisco, where Gregory Reyes, a former chief executive of Brocade Communications, is the first boss to stand trial on charges relating to the backdating of employee share-options.

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On the other hand, Welsh Football Trust Chief Executive Neil Ward, who also gave evidence suggested that a switch to summer football may be a positive move and that the FAW should trial it.

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Cut development expenses to zero, switch to dated but cheap technology, under-depreciate, change pension fund assumptions, bleed non-executive salaries and defer benefits etc.

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"The fifth base is like a switch - switching on the genes and making cells healthy or diseased, " Alex Olek, the chief executive of Epigenomics, told the BBC.

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