Yet so battered has the stock been that even the nasty accusations from Mr. Huffington did little to move the company's already depressed shares.

The announcement sent Genta's already depressed shares plummeting to close at 75 cents, down 56.25 cents, or 43 percent, in Nasdaq trading.

Inexplicably, the chatterers seem to view these companies' depressed shares as bets worth taking.

The already depressed shares of both companies hit new lows after the announcement.

Several analysts rate Arris's depressed shares a buy.

That news and a negative credit development depressed shares of both Maxwell Communication and Maxwell's banking creditors.

RadioShack's depressed shares suffered little damage during the period Mr. Edmondson insisted he had not misrepresented his past.

The shares, however depressed, have thus found ready buyers.

But the concern that Mr. Turner could sell large chunks of his depressed shares may have contributed to the downward pressure on the stock, analysts said.

Then the stock market started falling, dragging with it the already depressed shares of both companies.