Okay- I'll check my radon detector and also make an emergency call to the "Radon-detection" folks!

Not to perpetuate this unnecessarily but when:

Sell Short 1000s = unlimited vulnerability/loss on upside

Sell 10 calls = unlimited vulnerability/loss on upside for 100 shares (minus premium earned and which you've garnished upfront!)

By heh! You are the MBA! What do I know?

BTW- Both are down a bit early today!


Meanwhile, the UA/US wagons are circling in defense of the deal!

Executives defended plans by the parent of United Airlines to acquire US Airways as a good strategic match that would withstand any government antitrust challenge or bidding war by competitors. Admittedly, the Goodwin/Wolf comments regarding the "lack of route overlap", unions similarly structured, common aircraft, etc, which should permit the two (labor) organizations to very easily combine amazes/amuses me somewhat!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/f/AP...-The-Deal.html