08-22-2013, 12:08 PM
Welcome to the world of big boy company communications. As someone else has said, Hession was schooled under an ex-XOM exec. The way of most larger companies during any kind of deal negotiations is minimal communication and only as necessary. These guys have enough to do getting all of the things done that make up a deal. Constantly responding to shareholders and the press is not what they need to be doing; let alone what can happen when things get out. It just begets more questions. Hession has been on the job just over a month. Meg and Wayne are following protocol of the new CEO. They aren't going to discuss details of negotiations. That's been made clear.