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Market Wrap For March 14: Ukraine Tension Drag Markets Lower
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 5:17pm | 2348U.S. stocks declined as concerns escalated over Ukraine, two days before its citizens will vote in a referendum to split from Ukraine and become part of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is gearing up to “invade eastern Ukraine” as a six hour talk between U.S. Secretary of State John...
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Howard Stern's Worst Job
Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 4:21pm | 375"The reason I turned down the radio job? Scared! I was scared." The King of All Media, perhaps the most successful disc jockey in radio history, shied away from the career he loved since he was a child. Speaking on his Sirius Satellite radio show earlier this week, Howard Stern was in a...
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Market Wrap For January 29: Markets Lower on Fed Taper, Emerging Markets Worries
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 6:38pm | 2416U.S. stocks were unable to keep yesterday's momentum and ended the day sharply lower. The Dow suffered yet another triple digit decline with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices shedding more than one percent. In Ben Bernanke's final meeting as Fed chief, the FOMC tapered its monthly bond...
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Liberty Media's Bid For SiriusXM 'Ludicrous'
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 4:42pm | 340Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said that Liberty Media's (NASDAQ: LMCA) offer on January 3 to acquire Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) for $3.68 a share was “ludicrous.” The former presidential candidate is speaking up as he is personally a shareholder of Sirius XM. “I am sure that I along with...
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Market Wrap For January 7: Markets Reverse 3-Day Slump
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 5:39pm | 2743For the first time in the new year, markets ended the day on a positive note. While it is only a few days in, markets appear to have started off 2014 on uncertain footing. Investors and traders found some positives in the U.S. trade deficit which fell to its lowest level in four years, an...
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Market Wrap For January 6: Busy Day For Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 5:58pm | 2261Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...
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Barron's Recap: Underestimating Sirius XM
Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 2:02pm | 886This weekend in Barron's online: a look at Sirius XM, the prospects for retailers this holiday shopping season, a small bank merger, Qualcomm ages gracefully and more. Cover Story "Sound of Success" by Alexander Eule. Though Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has a monopoly on satellite radio, a growing...
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Howard Stern Loses Appeal, But Does Sirius XM Win in the End?
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 12:17pm | 609Give shock jock Howard Stern credit. Despite a five-year deal worth $500 million, Stern felt he was owed another $330 million in stock bonuses from Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) – and went to court over it. Stern had claimed that Sirius should count subscribers to the former XM Satellite Radio,...
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Barron's Recap (12/1/12): The New Philanthropists
Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 9:20pm | 841This weekend in Barron's online: a new era for philanthropy, and the prospects for Liberty Media, Transocean, HomeTrust Bancshares and municipal bonds. Cover Story "The Giving Generation" by Elie Winninghoff. Some 39 percent of family foundations in the United States are now run by people aged...
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Sirius XM vs. Pandora/Internet Radio: Apples and Oranges?
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3:44pm | 158Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) has many competitors. In this series of articles, first of which was Sirius XM vs. HD Radio, I look to find which competitors are valid and which are fiction. I was going to write individually about Pandora (NYSE: P), Spotify and I Heart Radio, but I decided there is...
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Why Sirius XM's Coming Price Increase Isn't Really An Increase
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 9:03am | 216Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) agreed to voluntarily freeze their basic prices for 3 years following the merger in July of 2008. Sirius told the FCC they would not raise prices on their base package. In fact, Sirius XM has NEVER raised their prices, ONE PENNY, EVER. Yes, that's right. 100%...
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Sirius XM Does A Channel Shuffle
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 10:38am | 205Satellite radio listeners that attempted to tune into their favorite Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) outlaw country, Bruce Springsteen or soul channel this morning may have struggled due to the fact that the company rearranged their channels today. The reasoning, in fact, is sound. Since the merger...