Locog's chief executive, Paul Deighton, has vowed to sell out every ticket, but women's football in particular will be a huge challenge.

Digital's president and chief executive, Robert B. Palmer, has vowed to sell parts of the company that are not vital to its core business.

Together, executives vowed, the two would make CBS a tough morning competitor, something it had never been before.

The company's executives have vowed to make Bluetooth and other technologies for wireless transmission available in their products by the fall.

The two executives vowed yesterday to deliver the clothes on time - a problem that has plagued many small independent companies, Mr. Simmons said.

Some analysts predicted the company would struggle to increase its share, as executives have vowed to do.

And top executives at local and long-distance telephone companies immediately vowed to start attacking each other's markets within the next 12 months.

Merrill's top executive apologized last Friday for the behavior of some analysts and vowed to punish anyone who violates company rules.

Campbell's new chief executive, David Johnson, took the helm of the world's largest soup maker Monday and vowed to keep the 120-year-old company independent.

The new chairman and chief executive, Eric A. Benhamou, has vowed to correct the missteps of 2001.