Some executives have been privately using the "D" word: depression.

Some executives use their own methods to try to keep stress in check.

And corporate executives use it to hammer out problems with colleagues in other major cities.

Q. Over all, are chief executives using the bankruptcy tool well?

While some executives use the screening rooms strictly for work, others enjoy watching films with their families.

Indeed, they say, the car service that some executives use to go home refused to accept the firm's business, fearing it would not get paid.

The top two executives have used blind trusts to sell more than 10 million shares of stock in the last year.

The researchers found that executives of fund families used several approaches to favor certain funds.

Now, financial executives and outside auditors often use the 5 percent limit when they are considering whether adjustments should be made to the books.

Certainly executives will use more discretion when writing internal E-mail messages.