And Lord Mellow has been trying to find a way to resuscitate his embattled company, which like the rest of Britain, is struggling through the 1980's.

An embattled company discards its chief executive, convinced it needs an outsider's fresh perspective.

It concluded, "On one hand, you have 3,500 rank-and-file bloggers creating good will for an embattled company.

The embattled company filed an amended reorganization plan last month that analysts say is likely to be approved by Resorts' bondholders.

The beast spun on its axis with a bellowing hiss and charged back towards the embattled company.

Mr. Luce is the chairman of the committee of general creditors and has been acting as an informal intermediary for the embattled companies.

The announcement sent shares of the embattled company up 32 percent on hopes that the drug might reach the market sooner than some analysts had expected.

The embattled company is still reeling from the attempted takeover that the British publisher Robert Maxwell gave up last May.

Mr. Goddu, who took over the embattled company as chief executive in January, says he thinks he can fix these problems.

Mr. Flick has been key in helping Floyd Hall, the chief executive of Kmart, in turning around the embattled company.