RE:Happy new year, surprise is unfolding…Canadafan, I lean more to them announcing they are going it alone, which I don't feel is beneficial to the shareholders. RS would be ineviable to raise cash and maintain their listing on the NASDQ. The reason I think this is, why commit to a conference in January if your status as a company has changed to be controlled by a BP? Also, if you're going it alone you no longer need a business developement executive hence the sudden departure of de G and no announcement. If you have a partner or sold there wouldn't need to be a sudden cutting of management until the partnership b/o was announced. Coffey said 5 years ago he would only start b/o negiotations at $1.5 billion and I am certain he thinks it's worth more now, however, the sp is saying the opposite and a BP could buy a large % without committing the big $. Plus this is Coffey's own pet science project and he has no concerns for the interests of the shareholder . He wants to see this come to market or die trying. Like you I believe we will know the fate very soon. As I have said in the past there is one thing you can depend on from ONC and that is this company always disappoints.