RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Short Count Way Up...How Come? ;)
sure you can. Now if there is nothing factual here and people at whatever place write these articles to promote companies they are not going to make things up or at least they shouldn't as I know people over exaggerate and conflate information however when the truth comes out guess what it reflects poorly on those who wrote those articles and by extension those they work for. So despite getting compensated there is still accountability. Sure paid articles are not the preferred way to get things out for the reasons that you said they may be biased and over promoted but then again maybe not. As far as shorting I don't think that will make a difference in the price point that is being negotiated and people will likely heavily do this to drive the price as far down as possible to take cheap shares from those who sell into it. Now one of two things can happen the buyout is done most likely more than the 52 week high or it is not and the share price pulls back to whatever level that may be. In regards to Twitter why on Earth will the company want to keep promoting in the middle of negotiations and all the while if selling shares as I suggested to keep the value down want more people to blow them up? It is hard to say 100 percent this goes through. If both parties like the buyout price it will if not it won't however both parties have until the 28th to decide and then announce. This is at best 50/50 and one in which I would look at a range of $100 million to $600 million on about 200 million shares let's say .50 to $3 per share. One has to think how much to risk or not and comfortable with things not working in their favor as though equally if it had. In other words if you decide ok for a 50/50 shot I risk x I am truly ok if I lose it...if not then don't risk x or anything at all.