How Sirius & XM Would Look As a Merged Company (Revision)
The New York Post today wrote that a Sirius (SIRI) merger with XM (XMSR) could be announced as early as today. While many are guessing or speculating on a merger between XM Satellite (XMSR)…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
XM And Sirius To Announce Merger, NY Post
According to the NY Post, XMSR and Sirius will announce a merger as early as today. Both Sirius and XM trade near multi-year lows as their subscriber growth decelerates and they face competition from…
Media Digest 2/19/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, DaimlerChrysler (DCX) shares hit a five year high on a possible sale of its Chrysler unit. The Wall Street Journal writes that Citigroup (C) is considering listing on the Tokyo Stock…
Osiris: Promising Stem Cell Research, Questionable Management
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com While investors must research the history of any company’s management and executives, it is even more imperative in the biotech industry. Cutting edge medical research is both risky and expensive,…
Asia Markets 2/19/2007
The Nikkei was up and a number of other markets were closed for holidays. The Nikkei rose .4% to 17,940. Bridgestone was down 1.9% to 2580. Canon was up 1.2% to 6630. Hitachi was…
Is The Formal Bidding For Chrysler On?
The UK Times Online is reporting that JP Morgan, Daimler’s (DCX) investment adviser, will begin to take bids for Chrysler as early as this week. Potential buyers may include GM (GM), one or two…
YouTube’s “Mafia Shake Down”
According to CNNMoney, Google’s (GOOG) is only offering anti-piracy software to content owners who have a commercial deal with the huge video sharing site. YouTube says that locating pirated material requires direct cooperation with…
SanDisk’s Stock Prices Catches Up To It
Sandisk traded below $38.50 after hours on Friday, very close to its 52-week low. The company has traded as high as $66.20 in the last year. The company is firing 10% of its workforce,…
Could XM & SIRIUS Merge Before Earnings?
Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR-NASDAQ) are both 1 week from earnings: SIRI reports early morning on February 27 and XMSR reports on February 26 early morning. The past quarters that…
The Sullying Of JetBlue’s Brand
JetBlue’s (JBLU) stock has already dropped 20% from mid-January, but it may drop a lot further. The airline has billed itself as the customer friendly airline, but after leaving boatloads of customers on runways…
Barron’s February 17, 2007 Issue
According to Barron’s, Alcoa (AA) could fetch $40 billion. BHP Billiton (BHP) and Rio TInto are both possible bidders. Share in Sotheby’s (BID) are still hot. The number of people with large fortunes is…
Will Yahoo! Compete With Community News Site Digg!
Yahoo! (YHOO) may not be buying large internet properties, but it could be creating its own competitors to them. TechCrunch says that Yahoo!’s new Suggestion Board section where users can comment on Yahoo! features…
Comment From The Stock Masters.
I love it, Forbes puts out just a strange concept article of showing some at home pictures of “Top Armchair Gurus” with their 2007 stock picks and Allen Hill picked Microvision (MVIS). Check out…
H.B. Fuller: An Early Look At SAB 108
From AAO Weblog As blogged previously, the SEC’s SAB 108 is two, two, two materiality tests in one. It requires firms to assess materiality of known but uncorrected errors on both a rollover basis…
Friday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology INSMED INC +16.83% ONYX PHARM INC +12.35% ACORDA THERAPEUTICS +8.54% ORTHOLOGIC CP +8.50% LEV PHARMACEUTICALS +7.36% Diagnostic Substances NYMOX PHARM CORP +9.41% REMOTEMDX INC +8.47% COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL +6.59% IMMUNOMEDICS INC…
Are Sirius Common Shares Worthless? (Revised 2)
Further speculation about a merger between XM and SIrius pushed the shares of XMSR much higher this week. But, how much of a combined company could SIRI shareholders get? Sirius (SIRI) has about $352…
It’s Not Too Late For Motorola To Buy Nortel (Revised)
Carl Icahn is upset that Motorola (MOT) is sitting on over $11 billion in cash and getting a 3% yield on it. He wants that dough to be given back to shareholders. At the…
Viacom Makes The Case That IFILM Is Its YouTube (Revised)
Management at Viacom (VIA) property IFILM is making the case that they may not need YouTube. IFILM already has video-sharing features, video blogs, films, video ads, and TV. The video site has about 13…
The Ford Recover Falters: Have Ford Common Shareholders Been Wiped Out? (Revised)
CNN Money reports the Ford is missing almost all of its short-term targets for sales, market share and cost cuts as 2007 move along. An employee survey shows that only 47% of the companines…
WiMax War Of The Worlds (Revised)
The CEO over at Vodafone (VOD) the massive wireless operator that just bought into India’s Essar, is saying that WiMax doesn’t really work. MarketWatch quotes him as saying: "To get all puffy and excited…