In return, according to the indictment, the executives promised to pay him cash.

These are only some of the problems the airport's new chief executive, Sergei Belyayev, has promised to fix.

The Big Five chief executives promised to work for better disclosures in that area.

The executive quickly caves in and promises a four- to five-day turnaround.

After last year's scandals, that's what executives promise.

In the future, the chief executive promised to be more circumspect.

Other executives promise more than they can deliver.

And in a major break from much business writing, the executives promise a tightly written, readable publication.

The company's chief executive, Lars Ramqvist, promised to "have the company back on track by the end of the year."

They also question whether the projected cost savings and synergies that top executives of the merging companies promise can be realized.