Danielle, again referring to your post you said:
"at the time of the HotZone acquisition, we, as shareholders, really do not know what was signed, by whom, and what was really obligated, prior to the acquisition"
Danielle, one thing we know for certain is that no "contract" had been signed as that did not happen until the last days of December 2006. This was determined by the AMEX to be a "material fact" which was then released to the public.
If I remember correctly Huff/GTE even took credit for the negotiations stating that they had been going on since the prior February. When things appeared to be going well Huff was sure to claim the credit but when the "deal" went South Huff all of a sudden trys to shift responsibility to others.
Again, despite whatever excuses Huff or anyone else wants to put out the bottom line is that Huff/GTE, by purchasing HotZone, accepted all responsibility/liability inherent in such purchase unless specifically excluded in the purchase agreement.
What information we, as shareholders, did or did not have has absolutely no bearing on the facts of the purchase, the acceptance of responsibility/liability, or whether or not Huff and his "Dream Team" were prepared for or capable of actually finishing such negotiations to the benefit of GTE and it's shareholders.