"Companies who lose executives to heart attacks or death and have to replace the executives are really paying an awful lot."

They feared losing executives in bad times.

You don't want to lose young executives like that.

Major Figure in Management This was the second time Chevron has lost senior executives in an airline crash.

"But the company has been losing key executives, and it would be nice for it to stop."

It lost several key executives to rivals, and the web site TrustedReviews called the company's products repetitive and uninnovative.

Two other companies that lost chief executives in the crash did not announce any immediate succession plans.

Unisys, which lost $1.1 billion in the last two years, has recently lost several senior executives.

Spectrum, a wireless communications company in Manhasset, N.Y., so far this year has lost several executives.

Salomon Brothers continues to lose top executives.