That´s what I thought from the beginning, too. It seems it helped...
By the way: Wasn´t it Mika who said recently that payments on time are a non-event? Now they publish exactly that. New communication stategy at work? If so, I´m fine with it.
Setting the stage for bigger announcements on thursday? I don´t think so. Bigger announcements would require ad hoc news, even more than recieving a payment tranche. So I do not expect more than an update if no news is released before.
It´s hard to judge POET´s speed from outsider´s view, but the direction is okay.