..and here's what Wikipedia thinks of El Reg...
"The Register is not exactly the most reliable source. If there were interesting news, I suspect it would first appear in better places. They seem to do a fair amount of rumor mongering at The Register, and not so much fact checking."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Naked_short_selling#New_source-_The_Register
probably all true, but I still think you should send the boys round!