one bank still holding out on centro ... , page-34

Apples,

You could be correct insofar as 'someone' (CBA???) wants the sp low so they can back the truck up on a D2E swap. To me this is fanciful but rule nothing out at this stage, other than I have been the shorters greatest ally!

Look - let me explain your position as I see it and feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

1. Something has happened to Company A., which is not so good ... and Journalists (being Journalists), are going to write an easy story on it; then to get nice juicy headlines they will try & write a story to make a meal of Company A. - the recipe will include a little bit of truth, a little bit of interpretation sprinkled generously with much fear & a good dollop of loathing.

2. Because you are a shareholder of Company A., you don't want this story to get out because you have a position that you want to protect. So, to mitigate the damage this story could do to Company A's sp, you ...

3. ... incapacitate the Newsagent's delivery van. This move is good & works to a degree because 'some people' now won't see the news story.

4. This is not so good because you can't incapacitate every Newsagent's delivery van so therefore lots of other people still get to see the news item. These are usually people that a) there are lots of; and b) can affect the market and do

So apples, do you see my argument??? The best place to try and stop the story getting out is by talking to the Journalists themselves, talking to Centro Directors about these negative & ill informed stories, then talking to the Company's PR Consultant ... all of which I have done and continue to do! Yourself???

All of these arguments of course will be meaningless after December 15th.

Cheers, Pie