http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-642124 “Mark Cuban is a loser,” says Donald Trump » Make You Go Hmm Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:07:18 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-642124 [...] the Sirius merger with XM is ever approved there will be even more reasons to love satellite radio. Never tried satellite [...] […] the Sirius merger with XM is ever approved there will be even more reasons to love satellite radio. Never tried satellite […]

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-433698 More details behind the Sirius and XM merger » Make You Go Hmm Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:32:06 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-433698 [...] Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin was on Howard Stern today talking about the proposed Sirius/XM merger. Some interesting snippets: [...] […] Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin was on Howard Stern today talking about the proposed Sirius/XM merger. Some interesting snippets: […]

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-428380 davis freeberg Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:41:02 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-428380 Normally, I would agree with you here, but the FCC has a track record of denying these sorts of things and Mel has a track record of using meaningless stunts like these to boost his stocks. Just look at how tough the FCC made the Bellsouth merger and that wasn't even dealing with a monopoly. Mark my words, a year from now shareholders will be left confused and angry when this whole charade finally blows up. Without the merger chatter, one could easily make an arguement that these stocks should be trading at a 75% discount. Hopefully, I'm wrong and everyone keeps making money, but if investors thought the last year was tough, I think 07' is going to be even worse. Normally, I would agree with you here, but the FCC has a track record of denying these sorts of things and Mel has a track record of using meaningless stunts like these to boost his stocks. Just look at how tough the FCC made the Bellsouth merger and that wasn’t even dealing with a monopoly. Mark my words, a year from now shareholders will be left confused and angry when this whole charade finally blows up. Without the merger chatter, one could easily make an arguement that these stocks should be trading at a 75% discount. Hopefully, I’m wrong and everyone keeps making money, but if investors thought the last year was tough, I think 07′ is going to be even worse.

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-427999 TDavid Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:07:22 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-427999 Never say never, Davis. When the government is involved you just never know. Never say never, Davis. When the government is involved you just never know.

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-427946 Davis Freeberg Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:31:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070219/4258/#comment-427946 There is no way this merger gets regulatory approval. Both SIRI and XMSR were granted exclusive licenses to use satellites for radio, combining the companies would make a government certified monopoly. There are too many complications for the FCC to ever approve this. This is a just a desperate attempt by both companies to artifically inflate their stock price for another year, while they try and figure out an end game for an industry that's been overvalued for years. When Wall St figures out that there is no chance of this ever happening, there will be a lot of pain. There is no way this merger gets regulatory approval. Both SIRI and XMSR were granted exclusive licenses to use satellites for radio, combining the companies would make a government certified monopoly. There are too many complications for the FCC to ever approve this. This is a just a desperate attempt by both companies to artifically inflate their stock price for another year, while they try and figure out an end game for an industry that’s been overvalued for years. When Wall St figures out that there is no chance of this ever happening, there will be a lot of pain.

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