#8 that has to be one of the silliest things I have ever heard. If insiders bought stock based on insider knowledge of an impending/potential deal they would go to jail. What you are proposing is illegal.
Nobody wanted to but DaVinci!!! NOBODY!!! Remember that? ISRG went alone. They don't seem to be doing shabby, do they? Scaring Titan investors into selling because Titan may go alone is not working. Part of me hopes they go alone. Wonder if anyone else will come knocking on their door if they choose to go alone. My guess is they will try to break the door down.