Yeh I am aware of Pantginis, I am pretty sure he was the lead table pounder on TNFerade (GNVC UGH!).
Btw, the firm I was referring to was Argus. If you recall, in another classic wall street sleaze bag move, Argus announced a down grade of Aria right around the time of the LLY loss announcement. All of a sudden huge (500k) bids started popping up like wildfire.
Only one problem with that down grade, I DON'T EVER RECALL ARGUS INITIATING AN OPINION OF ARIA! Take a wild guess who is Argus' biggest client. Bing! FMR. Sometimes this game is so rigged it is pathetic.