RE:RE:RE:From the blogosphere -Eric NuttallIn my opinion, someone is playing games around AAV with an acquistion in mind. Whomever it is needs AAV at a low enough level compared to the acquirer (BIR/TOU etc). At about $2.6ish a share AAV is an accretive acquistion to BIR...
That said winter projections on temperature were super weak last week. Weather projections starting to look much better in the favor of gas. I think the challenge for mgmt is it's probably a bit too early to move toward dividends or buybacks etc... That said it sure as sh!t doesn't cost anything to put out a press release announcing your considering strategic alternatives (dividend, buybacks etc) (doesn't necessarily need to be a sale).