Analysts do not disagree that Amazon is still long on executive talent.

"Not from Inconnu; we've pretty well picked over the executive talent aboard."

Any deal would not be the first instance of a record company's turning to its own roster for executive talent.

Now, as we have worked through our problems, it releases a lot of executive talent for other things.

As editor, she became known for her executive talents and her superb memory.

But they have since tossed out these rules and joined the bidding war for executive talent.

He is best known for helping top executive talent climb the ladder.

He said the focus now should be on adopting the best practices to make sure shareholders do not pay more than necessary for executive talent.

"And the third is, we need to be competitive as a source of executive talent," he said.

"There's a lack of executive talent in the luxury goods overall," she said.