Carson Allen

Syntax-Brillian: New Financing Fails to Rally Stock

Samuel, as a comment to your 12/4/2007 Seeking Alpha article, "International Competition Between Syntax-Brillian and Vizio Heating Up," I posted the following comment. I have not yet received a response, however:

Samuel, without arguing the merits of BRLC, your responses to comments on this article reveal important facts that you have not previously disclosed.

Your responses to these comments reveal that you work for a firm (I assume a hedge fund) that has a short position in BRLC. The firm you work for also has a long position in Amtran, a major shareholder and manufacturer for Visio. As your article points out Visio is a major competitor to BRLC.

Several questions:
1. Will you disclose the name of your employer?
2. Is your employer aware of articles you've posted on Seeking Alpha?
3. Does your employer review or in any sense approve these articles in advance?

We all realize that authors who post articles on Seeking Alpha have a specific point of view, which is as it should be. Readers may not be fully aware, however, that content is subject to the same hidden agendas as many message boards.

I would suggest you provide full, clear disclosure. Thank you.