CJR - I agree with your assessment.

#1 - I do NOT believe KRY in any way did anything to pump the PPS. True this happened in the past and resulted in lawsuits etc, but Fung is not the type. I don't think his main point is PPS. He wants a deal that is best for the BOD and his legacy. He has never concerned himself with PPS. His idea has been that what he does that is best for KRY and the BOD will ultimately be best for the shareholders and the PPS. He has discouraged insider buying and dictating scheduled sells in order to prevent any potential implication of manipulation or influence. My opinion has been that this is best for a private company but a CEO has the added responsibility to keep the PPS up and should issue PR's when the stock price deteriorates without news. This is what other companies do. Fung is different and while I disagree I am much less skilled in this arena than he is and as such must trust to his methods. If we rise substantially there will be no potential for questioning insider leaks etc.

#2 - I don't follow the penny stock reports but they can create buzz. What KRY needs is enough interest to bring the average shareholder price to close to where we are. Remember that most longs on this board have avg PPS of well over $1. When you are that much in the red it is easy to get discouraged and sell on any pop. We need fresh blood that doesn't see .25 as a huge loss. When shareholders are less willing to sell because they aren't in the red and see a potential gain then THAT will raise the PPS when othes want to get in on good news.

Not sure if this post makes sense.....I'm over half into the Opus and the wife just cracked another!!!!!!!!! Geesh, this is like $1 a sip!!!!