Two executives named in the suit, however, pledged to fight.

In December, Coke executives said the company would no longer provide earnings guidance, though executives pledged to be open about the health of the business.

The company's chief executive, Bernard M. Fox, has pledged that the extra cost of buying replacement power would not be charged to customers.

Campbell Soup's new chief executive pledged to maintain its independence and increase profits.

Chrysler's chief executive, Dieter Zetsche, has pledged to cut another $1 billion in costs this year, having already laid off 26,000 workers.

It got a boost here Tuesday night when one executive pledged a $50,000 contribution.

American executives also pledged to passengers to fulfill roughly a third of the airline's flight schedule this week.

Meeting in Brussels, top executives from the exchanges pledged to begin a unified system for trading European blue-chip stocks by November 2000.

So far, he and his partner, Tim Armstrong, a senior executive at Google, have pledged $2 million each.

Soon spy chief and executive are pledging friendship for life.