I contacted RM and asked:

Richard,

Can you either confirm or deny that Crystallex recently (in the past 
week or so) spent a significant sum (claimed to be $200,000) to promote 
the stock.  This claim was made by some "research analyst" and seems 
suspect, but I would like to debunk this rumor if untrue ASAP.

Thanks

He replied promptly (as always):

"Hi XXXX, I saw the comment in that summary. The author is misinformed. The Company does not pay for any promotional reports, coverage as erroneously suggested. Regards, r"

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Back to my thought on the "research report" is that if anyone got paid anything it was the bozos that put out that garbage. I have not found any analyst reports in any stock to be worth the paper they are printed upon.  They almost always say sell at the bottom and buy at the top.  No added value at all.