Our Discussion Forum is a great source of news tips and of information on the state of the industry. Recently, there have been a number of posts about businesses seemingly in financial difficulties. Our journalists take these posts seriously and investigate each and every one. However, the companies at the centre of the rumours are often less than co-operative - and for good reason. Often, a denial is no counter to persistent rumours and can even fuel more speculation. At the same time, the international discrepancies in libel and defamation regulations make it extremely difficult for publishers whose media reach different jurisdictions, and we therefore have to apply the lowest common denominator approach. So if a post containing a rumour "mysteriously" disappears from a discussion thread, it's not because we're sympathetic to the company named. It simply means we're exercising our duty of care.