Some sections of Portsmouth's supporters have attributed much of the blame for the club's demise to chief executive Peter Storrie's dealings in the transfer market.
Rite Aid's woes are persisting under new chief executive JohnStandleyJohn Standley and the market showed its displeasure with the company's latest report full of red ink.
The phone company's first ethnic Chinese chief executive is also confronted by intense competition as Hong Kong's telecommunications market liberalizes in line with the rest of Asia.