when to expect announcement?, page-17

I've already been spectacularly wrong on this (tipping an announcement after the ASX closed Monday), so take this with the requisite bucket of salt, but....

Much of the speculation on this thread is about getting the timing right for the ASX/NASDAQ market cycle.

However, it may just as easily be about getting the timing right for the media cycle. In the US, as in Australia, there's a shortage of news coming out over a holiday long weekend. A story that would normally get so-so media coverage is likely to be given greater coverage and more prominence.

So if you wanted to bury news, you wouldn't announce it at the end of a long weekend; if you wanted to make a splash, you would.

The other timing factor may not be related to markets or media, but to coincide with the release of findings in an academic journal.

My brave and foolish prediction? It's good news and we'll get the announcement after the ASX closes Tuesday and before the Nasdaq opens.

Otherwise, it's just more egg on my already yolk-splattered face...