Aljini I think we will all appreciate answers to those...

Aljini I think we will all appreciate answers to those questions. However from a company perspective, (and I am not shooting the messenger), they are going to be reluctant to openly disclose answers to someone who openly posts the responses. Much of my experience suggests best responses come from friendly chats on the phone where you are acting in your own interests rather than the wider publics. Again...not having a go at you, but quite often managers don't want to deal with people whose sole aim is to publicly announce their findings. That is up to the company to do and hence why some announcements are market sensitive. Last thing i ever do when I chat with companies is mention stock forums like HC unless I have something which requires their input/clarification on a topic unduly posted.

May I suggest get to know them, develop that essential rapport and then if you want to post, do it in note form from a summary. At least it is from you rather than them, and also the trust value increases both ways.