No final decision had been made late last night, the executive said.

But an industry executive said at least one of them was a secretary.

I will tell you what every executive said in response to it.

"At least some of what they are doing now is just trying not to look left out," the executive said.

The executive said the difference was about $4 million a year.

If there were problems, the executive said, they would be worked out.

"You just pick up the phone a lot of times to talk to guys, see how things are going," the executive said.

"My own interest would stop well short of $1 million," the executive said.

"Bob wants to make sure the world knows he's not out of the game," said one executive who has worked with him.

"There is a feeling that you have to cut people off a lot earlier than before," one industry executive said.