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Frustrations! Pharma (big or small) is not casue of all evil in the world!

Frustrations! Pharma (big or small) is not casue of all evil in the world!

As most of the friends know, I work for a late stage pharmaceutical development company. I love my job and I love this industry. This is the first job that I have ever held where it could have meaningful life-altering impact on peoples lives. However, I am getting frustrated that people equate Pharmaceutical companies with “just another money grubbing corporation that only sees patients as walking dollar signs”. This sentiment was expressed directly to me four times in the last…

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Sirius & XM: Merger approved but not the market reaction I expected!

Sirius & XM: Merger approved but not the market reaction I expected!

Talk about getting blown out of the water today! I expected Sirus (SIRI) and XM (XMSR) to move today, now that the merger was finally approved, but certainly not to crater! I did not think that the market would have such a negative reaction to the needed refinancing – was I ever so wrong before?!? I just finished reading a very good article by Jack Hough, of SmartMoney, that really struck me. I have gotten way to over confident in…

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SIRI and XMSR – ABOUT TIME FCC!

SIRI and XMSR – ABOUT TIME FCC!

I am so very pleased that the FCC has finally approved the XM and Sirius merger. I really hope the market reacts well to the official news next week and hope to see Sirius back in the $4-$5 range very soon, but I have no idea what Monday will bring. Thursday and Friday were down days for Sirius but I think that was just profit taking. It was on larger then normal volume and looks like some funds exited their…

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The suspense is killing me…

The suspense is killing me…

FCC – is the XM and Sirius merger approved or what??? I am one of many stressed out investors wanting you to get off the stick and make up your mind! Weigh the public interest of a Satellite monopoly verses the possibility of two bankrupt companies… Monopoly, I find that funny. We have AM, FM, HD Radio, MP3 players, and Cd/DVD players all in cars and mobile devices. Add various streaming technologies, digital radio via cable, and computers as stationary…

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