Obviously he didn't say we have a particular partner, or we commit to a partner, or whatever it is you are trying to say. If he said that the share price would have skyrocketed. He led everyone to believe that they would partner within a year and it's likely not going to happen. Spin it any way you want, that is bad. Unbelievable.
Rev_Monster: I don't speak FOR HIM. I write about what that STATEMENT conveyed and there isn't a SINGLE SOLE on this board that can turn that statement in the context from where and how it was said in a COMMITMENT.
But you have no problem turning the statement into HOPE and give him a complete pass. By the way, the market reaction tends to agree with me on this. Also, it does not explain oddly timed PR's...Russel rebalance and the Ebola puff piece just before ASM.