I agree,,,it does not add up at all....in fact, there may be something else going on....like perhaps they wish to examine who is professionally shorting this stock in collaboration with journalists PRs....I know for fact that GTE Mgt. has had discussions with SEC and AMEX regulators about this recently.
This may be an interesting "setup"....kind of like a "sting operation"
But...that is my hopeful optimisim speaking....basically we will wait and see.
If this was a regulatory halt it would have been listed as such...the symbol posted by AMEX clearly stated it was at the request of GTE...never trust journalists...who knows if this clown even spoke with Dumas in London?
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