Companies involved in M&A always decline to confirm or reject market rumours. It's probably bad enough for the parties involved that there has been a leak - this gives other companies a chance to try and block the deal, or come up with a counteroffer.
The CNET report says "Sources familiar with the situation emphatically insisted the two companies are not near an acquisition deal, nor have they discussed one.".
If it's not an acquisition, AOL are probably about to hand over a large contract for RHAT - which can only be good for the share price.
You need sleep - don't discount it! Like other posters, you can survive for a day or two on little sleep, but it will catch up with you. I remember on several occasions having partied hard the night before and only grabbing 3-4 hours sleep... the morning would be terrible. Coffee would get me through but I wouldn't be thinking properly. The afternoon would be like a marathon - my head would go down and I would doze off at the keyboard... after a minute or two I would wake up to see my emacs screen full of garbage! (My fingers would also be sleeping on the keys!)
Steve Fossett who hot-air ballooned his way around the world said that he took power-naps. 15-30 min naps every few hours. Worked for him, but I imagine sheer adrenalin carried him through most of the time. For you and me we can try caffeine pills, jolt cola, or good old vodka red bull.
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The CNET report says "Sources familiar with the situation emphatically insisted the two companies are not near an acquisition deal, nor have they discussed one.".
If it's not an acquisition, AOL are probably about to hand over a large contract for RHAT - which can only be good for the share price.
You need sleep - don't discount it! Like other posters, you can survive for a day or two on little sleep, but it will catch up with you. I remember on several occasions having partied hard the night before and only grabbing 3-4 hours sleep... the morning would be terrible. Coffee would get me through but I wouldn't be thinking properly. The afternoon would be like a marathon - my head would go down and I would doze off at the keyboard... after a minute or two I would wake up to see my emacs screen full of garbage! (My fingers would also be sleeping on the keys!)
Steve Fossett who hot-air ballooned his way around the world said that he took power-naps. 15-30 min naps every few hours. Worked for him, but I imagine sheer adrenalin carried him through most of the time. For you and me we can try caffeine pills, jolt cola, or good old vodka red bull.
China Unicom is a huge telco in China with state backing. USI had better start learning kung-fu cos otherwise they're in for a beating!