ALJ, It is a pretty widely held belief that the dog days of August are not a good or ideal time for news announcements.Wallstreet is on vaccation mode as well as the investing public are on their last days of summer vaction that will end with the starting of school after LBOR DAY. I do expect the filing though way before then!
alj14, "I can only comment that it can be dangerous to live with a world-view where only the entries on the debit side of the balance sheet are noticed, or are thought to hold any significance. Positive developments should be allowed to register, not only negative ones."
The exact opposite can also be said to be a truth.