Dick Cheney, it turns out, is No. 2. And we're not talking in terms of who runs the country. America's second-in-command accidentally shot a 78-year-old man while hunting farm-raised quail.

There's a chance Congress may create an absolutely great job for those of us of no particular qualifications who aspire to high office but lack the ambition to get there.

The American Heart Association Western States Affiliate names Kelly Grose senior vice president for the organization's Greater Phoenix Division. Grose is now responsible for leading the American Heart Association's efforts to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke throughout the greater Phoenix area.

ROUND ROCK, Texas - Dell Inc. named Don Carty, the controversial former chairman of American Airlines, as its vice chairman and chief financial officer.

East Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group said Friday it placed its chief financial officer on administrative leave while the company investigates his conduct in an ongoing lawsuit with Hawaiian Airlines.

Mesa-based Southwest Ambulance’s director of government affairs left the company this week.

Mesa-based Southwest Ambulance’s director of government affairs left the company this week.

A statewide union launched TV ads over the weekend alleging a conflict of interest between Scottsdale Vice Mayor Ned O’Hearn and the Los Arcos redevelopment project, which he supports.

The Metro board has announced its decision to offer the mass transit service's top position to Stephen Banta, currently in a senior position at TriMet, the transit authority for the Portland, Ore., metropolitan region.

DALLAS - If you find yourself on the fast track to a management job, make room for company. Executive coaching or one-on-one business mentoring is no longer reserved for a company’s top officers.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge may decide today whether to silence a Scottsdale man from talking about the financial troubles of U-Haul parent company Amerco.

Brendan Herron spends his overseeing acquisitions Pathlore Software Corp., a developer. As vice for strategic devel-, Herron works long , travels a lot and attends countless meetings.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's highest appeals court on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence and said he must be hanged within 30 days for the killing of 148 Shiites in the central city of Dujail.

A new company aimed at creating jobs for retired and soon-to-be-retired business executives in the East Valley is about to adopt its official name and home.

A huge stock sale was done Tuesday by US Airways executives because options were nearing expiration and not because the insiders believe the airline’s share prices have peaked, said CEO Doug Parker.

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group announced Thursday a new senior management lineup, shuffling existing employees into new positions after a rough few months for the embattled company.

Two executives with the Arizona Diamondbacks have purchased majority interest in the NASCAR team owned by Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach, The Associated Press learned Saturday night.

The Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday announced the promotions of Sandy Johnson to vice president/senior assistant general manager and Bob Miller to assistant general manager.

BAGHDAD - Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were only following orders.

Retirees lined the front two rows of a downtown Phoenix courtroom on Thursday for a fraud trial involving two executives with the former Baptist Foundation of Arizona.

Seattle is coming after some of the Diamondbacks' top executives.

The Diamondbacks have received permission to talk to Chicago White Sox executive Dave Wilder about their general manager position.

Top-level executives and government leaders in China's largest commercial hub will begin classes Sept. 20 at the Arizona State University W.P. Carey MBA Shanghai, believed to be the first time a U.S. business school has partnered with the government of the People's Republic of China.