OK, does this make sense? The shorts rush to cover and their intent is to get these air shares out of the system and cover themselves with their broker. Why couldn't they just bid up to the divi price, or maybe a little higher, buy what shares they can, pay the divy to the rest and then do what they do to knock the share price back down so they can cover the balance of their shorts at a lower price. Rather than run up the price to whatever, .50, 1.00 etc. Even though the price per share should be worth up to the sale price, I have seen cash rich companies with a low share price.
