The cost of carrying Monday Night Football is about to go from being expensive to off the charts. We Americans probably never think of the costs behind carrying the game. The costs…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is surging today on what seemed to be too much at first look. The company signed a pact for BMW. The pact calls for SIRIUS to…
Jon C. Ogg We have a different cast of characters in this weekend’s UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead. Many bits of news and rumors are carrying over from last week into the coming week…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was already in the news all week after Howard Stern announced that he will be staying on the air in a new five-year pact with the…
Jon C. Ogg The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may have front and back cameras. (Reuters) Strength in the Chinese economy pushed crude back above $89. (Reuters) The strength of China’s trade may cause a…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre We have been following the contract negotiation saga between Howard Stern and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) quite closely and for some time. Last night we even hit a 23-day countdown. …
The speculation of what will become of Howard Stern’s contract with SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is heating up. This stock may have had a stellar rise over the last year…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have had a stellar rise over the last year after the satellite radio monopoly got back on its feet. The last month has been a…
Jon C. Ogg Few companies have a true monopoly in any market. More common are “virtual monopolies” or “near-monopolies” that exist due to geography or brand recognition. When consumers hear the term monopoly, the first…
Short sellers moved into the shares of large financial firms, perhaps sensing the effects of new regulation and an exit from proprietary trading businesses. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE: C) rose…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is defying gravity this morning. An analyst downgrade this morning came from Gabelli & Co., yet SIRIUS XM is seeing its shares up right after the…
Jon C. Ogg SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) managed to post a raw and real profit this morning. The satellite radio monopoly reported that third-quarter earnings were $67.6 million, which rounds up to $0.01…
Jon C. Ogg Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK), Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc.…
Next week is the beginning of the end of earnings season as November gets started, but we still have many key earnings to watch and there are still many large companies reporting…
