Ann: Increased Sales Lead to Record Monthly Product Shipments, page-165

Well of course you are right but for all but the most sensitive announcements an awful lot of people know what's going on and roughly what will be in announcements. An example. In one of Australia's top twenty roughly 45 of us would get together in a room and be briefed regularly. The contents would reflected in announcements, external briefings and presentations. Often we would know more than appeared and often many days ahead. The rules were clear. You don't talk and you don't buy. When I worked on a supply chain project for one of Australia's largest companies we knew exactly what projected benefits were, when they would occur and we also knew when the business was sold before everyone else. Even in the case of particularly sensitive information it would be highly unusual for that not to be known by a good few. Let me assure you that internally you also know well in advance if things are particularly good or particularly bad

Communications are planned, strategised, debated and thought through. There is a whole industry of advisers out there who make their living applying their skills - which help Alexium has largely chosen to not utilise.

This is a world in which the livelihoods and wealth of the chief protagonists can be made and shareholders aren't always key in those decisions.

If that sounds negative I'd rather you don't read it that way. It's accepting facts. Little is done lightly.

Btw if it's laptops you are worried about my surface pro works a treat.


Parsifal