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Sirius XM Growth Train Continues (SIRI)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) managed to grow ahead of expectations.  The company added some 1.7 million new subscribers in 2011 to end the year with almost 21.9 million ...
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The Future of Theaters Fades, as the Internet Finally Rises Enough

Posted: January 2, 2012 at 6:25 am

Ticket sales for movie theaters dropped in 2011 the most in 16 years, according to Hollywood.com. Some of the fall-off is due to a dearth of blockbuster films. But the ...
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More Caution For Netflix (NFLX, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 10:53 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) went from Wall Street's darling in 2011 to being Wall Street's whipping boy.  The company's efforts under Reed Hastings could easily become the classic case study ...
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The Great Online Video Hype in China, Still Just Hype (YOKU, TUDO, SOHU, RENN)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:15 am

The craze for online video is everywhere. Billions upon billions have been invested by great companies, yet the business model has proven that not all efforts have endless financial return. ...
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Wall St. Fooled by Newspaper Industry

Posted: December 26, 2011 at 6:02 am

Traders rarely make mistakes as bad as the one they made when they pushed newspaper stocks higher early in the year. Shares in companies such as the New York Times (NYSE: ...
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Busted Zynga IPO Weighs Further On Social Media Shares (ZNGA, GRPN, LNKD, SINA, SOCL, GSVC)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 10:35 am

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is an initial public offering in trouble.  Whether you call it a busted IPO, a broken IPO, or something else is up to you, but the ...
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Zynga Becomes Busted IPO In First Day (ZNGA, LNKD, GRPN, SINA, SOCL)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 11:41 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was supposed to be attractively priced as far as how the company was given a $7 billion valuation at its IPO price.  Some talk was that ...
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Top Tech Picks for 2012 (ADI, IDTI, AAPL, QCOM, SWIR, TRMB, ROVI, CRM, NUAN, GOOG, Z, VELT, KITD)

Posted: December 16, 2011 at 10:28 am

Canaccord Genuity has joined in with many of the brokerage firms issuing top picks and trends to watch in 2012 from its analysts.  The latest is the firm's "Top Technology Picks for ...
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Zynga IPO Prices! Great Offering, Lousy Voting Rights (ZNGA)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 5:06 pm

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is a done deal.  The online social gaming company sold 100 million of its Class A shares at $10.00 per share, which was the top of ...
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With ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judge Gig, Is Stern A SIRIUS XM Flight Risk Again? (SIRI)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 2:47 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may not be as big of a fan of America's Got Talent as the public is.  It turns out that SIRIUS XM's top shock ...
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200 Billion Videos Watched, and Not a Dime in Sight

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 6:36 am

In October, 200 billion videos were watched online worldwide. The number is immensely impressive until the question is asked whether the online video business makes any money. Research firm comScore released ...
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Short Sellers Hit Attack Mode in SIRIUS XM (SIRI)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 10:59 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is an interesting stock in an interesting space in time.  After two big positive analyst calls just last week, it is interesting to see ...
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Best and Worst Run Companies in America

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 6:26 am

Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations ...
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Xbox Live Challenging Cable Supremacy? (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, TWC, VZ, CVC, SSNLF, LOGI)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:44 am

Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t ...
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Disney Goes Big On Dividend Hike (DIS)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 5:08 pm

We recently gave a breakdown of each and every DJIA component as far as which companies were and were not likely to raise their dividend payouts in the very near ...
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