Hopes of a rescue takeover faded this year, prompting chief executive Jamie Buchan to warn that its rent bill was simply unsustainable.
The scene prompted Chief Justice John Roberts to say, a few weeks later, that he regretted that the State of the Union had turned into a "partisan pep rally".
Lower down the market, publishing group Mecom fell 10.75p to 144.25p, prompting chief executive David Montgomery to take advantage of the price weakness to buy 20,000 shares at 145p each.
The City Council criticized the way the police handled the disturbance, prompting Chief Moose to complain that moving into the neighborhood had been a mistake -- a remark that still rankles some in Portland today.
That action prompted chief executive Green to threaten legal action.
The decline has prompted Chief Executive Millard Drexler to take drastic steps, such as handing out consumer coupons for the first time.
City have reduced their losses over the past few seasons, prompting chief executive Ferran Soriano to claim recently the club will break-even "in the immediate future".
But by 2006, student achievement gains had flatlined, prompting Chief Operating Officer Patricia Brantley to search for new ways to get better results.
Last year, while iPhone sales were flat worldwide, sales grew by 76% in India, prompting Chief Executive Timothy Cook to call the country an "incredibly exciting" market.
"There was high potency heroin available because that prompted chief coroner of the province to create a task force looking into the issue of opioid overdose in the province, and in part informed the public health emergency that was declared".
