But groups say they have to compete with the business world for top executives.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Senator Olympia Snowe criticized the executives for taking government aid and then leaving customers and dealers without any support.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

He also touted his more popular effort to reform the nation's financial industry and hold bank executives more accountable.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

It sent markets across the planet tumbling, last week, when executives asked creditors for a six-month extension on repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

"You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

He is encouraging banks to adopt new rules to limit payments to top executives in future crises.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Some AIG executives have returned the bonuses they received, while Congress ponders legislation that would tax the bonuses at an exceptionally high rate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

So these are well-paying jobs. This is a full range that goes from research scientists and managers and executives at the higher end;

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Meanwhile,on Capitol Hill, top executives of other major oil companies told lawmakers their companies would not have drilled the well the way BP did.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

President Barack Obama says the lavish bonuses to bank executives show the need for the financial reforms he signed into law earlier this week.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The government is telling the seven companies that have received the most federal aid to drastically cut the pay of their 25 highest-paid executives.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says some misaligned pay systems encouraged executives to take excessive risks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The Nigerian accommodations and facilities are generally not of the level that FIFA executives, journalists and traveling international soccer teams from around the world expect.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

In the packed chamber, the GM and Chrysler executives sat side by side with dealers.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

At an annual conference for such people this week, Gates' deputy,William Lynn, made this almost triumphant statement to several hundred government workers and industry executives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

(Speaking) Some British banks are posting record profits and giving large bonuses to executives.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

They didn't violate any regulation at the time." But many Americans say they are outraged that executives were getting big bonuses while taxpayer dollars were keeping the firms alive.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

President Obama says he is angry and frustrated by oil executives' response to the catastrophic spill, after a BP oil rig blew up last month off the Louisiana coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms-firms that are struggling-pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"More work needs to be done, which is why I urge the Senate to pass legislation that will give company shareholders a voice on the pay packages awarded to their executives,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The GM and Chrysler executives defended their decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Mr.Obama is making the change amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at companies that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21