I saw a similar rumor (Portuguese company buyout) on the PARS board the other day. Oops... make that PARSD for the next 20 trading days (due to the 5-1 reverse split). However it (the rumor) had zero effect on the stock price, which for PARS is appropriate... Aiming4. P.S. If shorting was a part of my arsenal (it's not yet), I would again consider PARS a great short candidate at this time.