In Pleasantville during the blizzard of 2000, for example, Mayor John M. Nonna videotaped his trek through the streets on a snowplow and PCTV broadcast it live, while running an impromptu call-in show for snowbound viewers.
The company hasn't been actively fundraising or looking for new investors, Tzuo says, but impromptu calls from people like Vulcan Capital and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen expressing interest in investing and supporting the business have a way of changing that.
Cardinal, which said that Andersen could not sign off because the firm no longer had the necessary auditing staff, took the unusual step of calling an impromptu conference call to assure analysts and investors that the company did not face any concerns over the quality of its accounting.
JUST before JPMorgan Chase announced its initial $2-a-share 2-a-share 2-a-shareearns, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Fedeall Reserve, held an extoaordinary impromptu conference call.
From Charles Simic and A. R. Ammons I had the lists by a return fax in one case and an impromptu phone call in the other.
The cast of Broadway show Aladdin also paid tribute to the star with an impromptu curtain call sing-along of Friend Like Me.
Last night, the news broke that Apple would be holding an "impromptu" conference call to talk about just what it plans to do with that nearly $100 billion in cash reserves it has in Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin.
Details on the matter are sparse at best as Intel's not been commenting publicly yet, but the company is holding an impromptu conference call this morning at 11 30AM eastern to go over everything so I'll listen in and report back.
In an impromptu telephone call to The Nation's Dave Zirin, the U.S. Air Force veteran took fierce aim at the president's false claim that former President Barack Obama didn't call the families of fallen service members.
