GNC (GNC) has been unusually quiet since December as the company has not provided any significant new information for investors on its fourth-quarter results or other operational issues since the third-quarter report. The company did report last week receipt of the final tranche of funds from the preferred stock transaction, as expected, as well as a rather delayed date for its fourth-quarter earnings call, but otherwise news has been unusually thin. In the context of a relative information vacuum, the share price has been essentially flat for more than a month after rebounding