Schwab the steel executive and stockholder eventually became very wealthy.

Nonetheless, steel executives and analysts remain confident that the second half of this year will provide a different picture.

Houston spent much of his life after football as a steel executive.

Moreover, steel executives said, it will be a long time before the system can produce steel on a large scale.

Robert took the position that the steel executives had illegally colluded to fix prices.

Some steel executives also predicted that prices would increase slightly this year, after years of going down.

An anonymous donor gave $50,000, while a local steel executive pitched in $5,000.

Few steel executives are worried about a recession, however.

His rise as a steel executive touched all aspects of accounting and financial matters.

But steel executives and lobbyists said the ruling undermined the Bush administration's effort to shore up the troubled industry.