Whatever it is that is lurking around in the shadows can just knock it off already, ok? We get it. You're out there. Announcement timed (poorly) to avoid market reaction/panic/action/inaction/fear/hope/disrupting the weekend. How about we just cut all the foreplay...

80 million options are set to expire today. For the uninitiated, that's a lot. (What asshole planed that schedule? Didn't they know there would be an election on?) Yes, we've already been reminded by the likes of financial journalists, that...