The family members appreciated the gesture from the outsider who had come to take charge at the company that has their names on the door.

But an orderly transition has taken place at the company.

They might even help once an internship has begun: "You're taken care of a little more at the company if you know someone," the student added.

NTL's management is expected to take the top spots at the merged company.

Including phone mail, it takes the typical employee at the company where I work four passwords to get through a business day.

Staff training is taken very seriously at the company due to the nature of the services that the organization provides.

By then, it should be obvious that Mr. Adler is taking a fairly uncritical look at the company.

"Maybe some of the financial buyers who took a look at the company evaluated it in a different way," he said.

Officials of Tenet would take most of the key management jobs at the new company.

His former secretary told him that she had been advised to take another job at the company because Mr. Jorgensen would not be returning.