Merger News

Love him or hate him Cramer has a way with the street. I have always said that Cramer is your best friend when he is on your side, and worst enemy when he is not. Right now, merger proponents LOVE Cramer. Once again tonight Cramer has set his… → Read More

Jim Cramer is still focused on the proposed merger of Sirius and XM. Tonight, he interviewed Rep. Gene Green who was central to a letter against the merger sent to government regulators. Cramer points out that Green has accepted $35,000 from the National Association of Broadcasters and $13,000… → Read More

WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Feb 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR) and SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that the companies have agreed not to exercise their rights to terminate the Merger Agreement until May 1, 2008. The closing of… → Read More

Jim Cramer is definitely not any tamer. Today he did a stump speech that lasted over 12 minutes regarding the merger (View the segment here). Cramer named names of congressmen who have accepted money from the National Association of Broadcasters. Cramer even has a calendar that states that… → Read More

The American Antitrust Institute reiterating their anti merger stance a few days ago, and we covered the issue on February 20th in our article titled “Antitrust Institute Urges DOJ To Block Merger”. The AAI stance received some press, and there are some who wonder what stances that counter… → Read More

With the merger now being over a year old, and discussion about FCC and DOJ timelines getting headlines, there is another merger clock that no one is worried about. The merger clock on the agreement between Sirius and XM. Why is no one worried about this clock when… → Read More

The Antitrust Institute today filed a paper citing their reasons why the Department of Justice should sue to block the proposed merger of Sirius and XM. The well written document hinges their stance on the fact that they feel that SDARS is a relative market, and that a… → Read More

The proposed merger of Sirius and XM was announced 1 year ago, and still there has been no decision made. Comments have been requested and submitted. Information has been requested and submitted. Concessions have been discussed, and we now wait on the government to render decisions. In the… → Read More

Stanford Group issued a note today regarding the Sirius and XM merger. REPORT EXCERPTS DOJ Nears XM-Sirius Ruling • We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) is near a ruling on the XM-Sirius merger, and we reiterate our belief that it is likely to win regulatory approval. •… → Read More

Washington Analysis has released an update on the Sirius and XM merger. Report Excerpts “We expect XM (XMSR-$13)-Sirius (SIRI-$3) to gain governmental approval in Q1 2008. Odds of approval are 65% in Q1. À la carte pricing offer likely to gain FCC approval. DOJ likely to conclude that… → Read More