The funny thing about that article, they expressed a concern since the article was not officially released by APWIP or TEMN. They thought and assumed APWIP and/or TEMN would release something denying the deal. However, neither publicly denied the deal (or confirmed it).
Instead, all that there is are a few emails stating neither side knew about the article or free press release and said they had no idea what was going on (however TEMN said they are currently working on two solid acquisitions without denying APWIP was one of them).
There's only 2 reasons you release a free press release.
1) Pump a stock to dump shares.
2) Make the information public (as an insider) to make it legal for you to buy the stock before news hits.