i submitted an article at SA arguing there might be a little truth to the rumor but the Seeking Alpha editor rejected it. BBRY and SSNLF management both denied the rumor but I am not stupid.

John Chen hates leakage of any sort. reuters source might be an insider involved in the rumored negotiations.... chen must be hunting the source of the leak now :-)

Thank you for taking time to read this long write-up.

@IB Trading thanks for clarifying the lid-up issue.

thank you for publishing this.