..."'Speculation' on the other hand, although also an aggregate of opinions, is based on educated opinions gathered from the evaluation of the contributing factors to a product's potential performance...."

Speculation of buyouts because meetings got postponed is "based on educated opinions gathered from the evaluation of the contributing factors"? Oh puleeeeeeeeze.

If someone speculated (no, no one has) that the meetings were cancelled because perhaps both companies were going bankrupt, how would that be received here?

Instant removal of those posts for bashing.