turn "enghlish" into "chinese"~~hlep here!!
"beyond comment", "view traders as an authority on customer demand", "held short positions in", "planted these rumors"这几段我不太明白，请各位大侠帮帮忙。上下文请看正文……
正文：
"Those rumors are absolutely ridiculous, beyond comment really. I'd hardly view traders as an authority on customer demand, Andy Lark, a Nortel spokesman told Reuters.
An analyst at a major Canadian brokerage suggested that investors who held short positions in Nortel stock, and would benefit from its decline, were likely to have planted these rumors.