Atlanta was voted the best city in which to locate a business by more than 400 chief executives.

亚特兰大被四百多位企业首席执行官投票选为建立公司的最佳城市。

There are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance.

比如，有很多不值得富有却薪酬过高的首席执行官。

The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008.

标普500公司首席执行官的薪酬中位值在2008年下降了6.8个百分点。

There was some pain for everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-financial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.

每个人都有自己的痛苦，标准普尔500指数中非金融公司首席执行官的平均薪酬下降了2.7%。

But there was some pain for everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-financial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.

但是每个人都有一些痛苦： 标准普尔500指数中非金融公司首席执行官的平均薪酬下降了2.7%。

"Hoppers" who jump between four or more companies, by contrast, take at least 26 years on average to become chief executives.

相比之下，在四家或更多公司之间跳槽的“跳槽者”成为首席执行官的平均时间至少为26年。

75 percent of chief executives come from inside the company.

75%的高层主管来自公司内部。

MANY chief executives are obsessed with golf.

许多最高管理者着迷于高尔夫。

The company has lost six chief executives since 1999.

从1999年开始，公司已经损失了六位首席执行官。

They have also made life harder for chief executives.

各企业也使首席执行官们的生活不再如从前那样如意。

All sorts of chief executives will scream for protection.

各个首席执行官都将将强烈呼吁保护。

Yet their respective chief executives were far from upbeat.

但是他们的首席执行官远没有这么乐观。

Chief executives may find it harder to make quick decisions.

高管想要迅速做决策愈发困难。

Three chief executives have had to leave EADS and Airbus.

三个主管已经不得不离开EADS和空客。

Another important shift is the advent of female chief executives.

另一个重要的变化是女性总裁的出现。

It begs the question: how many chief executives are truly indispensable?

这就引发了一个疑问：有多少执行官是真正的不可或缺的？

But there is an ominously long list of disastrous second-act chief executives.

遭受第二次任职惨败的行政总裁们排成了一个长长的不吉祥的名单。

The issue is unlikely to be resolved without radical action by chief executives.

如果首席执行官不采取一些激进行动的话，这个问题不大可能得到解决。

CHIEF executives get no credit in good times if their companies have good credit.

经济景气时，即使公司获得良好的信誉，首席执行官们也得不到称赞。

Another group of beneficiaries, chief executives, may be in a different category.

另一群受益者——首席执行官们——可能属于不同的领域。

“Chief executives will rue the day when BlackBerrys work on planes, ” he predicts.

他预测“如果黑莓在飞机上也能运行，首席执行官将无限懊恼。”

Of those, 36 were chief executives, business owners and top managers, it said.

其中，总裁、企业主和高级经理的人数为36人。

Related to this is the contention that chief executives should not be paid bonuses.

与此相关的论点是首席执行官们不应当获得奖金。