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heads rolling in the executive suite
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00 (It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally 00 00 sorted out 00 their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to 00 earn th 00 em—especially in America—the sort of nasty 00 headlines 00 that inevitably lead to 00 heads rolling in the executive suite: 00 data insecurity. 00 00 ) 02 br
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00 What does "earn" , "headlines" and 00 "heads rolling in the executive suite" 00 mean respectively? 02 br
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00 A million thanks. 02 br
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00 (It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally 00 00 sorted out 00 their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to 00 earn th 00 em—especially in America—the sort of nasty 00 headlines 00 that inevitably lead to 00 heads rolling in the executive suite: 00 data insecurity. 00 00 ) 02 br
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00 What does "earn" , "headlines" and 00 "heads rolling in the executive suite" 00 mean respectively? 02 br
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00 A million thanks. 02 br
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the sort of nasty headlines - their actions will result in the newspapers printing critical stories about them - with nasty headlines. 0-
- the sort of nasty headlines - their actions will result in the newspapers printing critical stories about them - with nasty headlines.
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0 earn them...the sort of nasty headlines - their actions will result in the newspapers printing critical stories about them - with nasty headlines. 02 br
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00 heads rolling...an idiom 'heads will roll' means people will be sacked/fired/have their employment ended. 0-
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00 heads rolling...an idiom 'heads will roll' means people will be sacked/fired/have their employment ended. 0-
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01 font 00 Does 01 font 00 "t 02 font 01 font 00 he 02 font 00 executive suite" 00 mean the boss' office? 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 Does 01 font 00 "t 02 font 01 font 00 he 02 font 00 executive suite" 00 mean the boss' office? 02 font 02 br
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10 Dear friends, 12 br
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10 (It never rains but it pours. Just as 11 font 10 bosses and boards 12 font 10 have finally 10 10 sorted out 10 their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance,
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0 It means the people at the highest level in the company are being fired. It really doesn't matter where the actual act of saying "you're fired" takes place. 0-
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0 Agreed. It doesn't mean they were literally in their office when they were fired. It just means the people who are the top executives. 0-
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