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Cash is King - Sep 22 2008 4:58PM

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:52:00 GMT

In more ways than one, cash is king. Aside from staying away from the risk of this market which is treacherous now for both long and shorts as the "non" invisible hand meddles with the markets on a nearly daily basis i.e. 90 new companies added to "no short" list in the US today, Australia completely banning short selling - this just creates TOO MUCH uncertainty. I've written over the past week how do you invest when you don't know the rules? They keep changing the rules and that causes me great unease. So what if I was short General Motors (GM) Friday? It's just reaching a point it's become a circus and people are going to take their marbles and go home... U.S. regulators added more than 90 companies including [More...]

Analyst Comments: XenoPort, Standard Motor, Vital Images, Ingram Micro, Bank of Ireland, Napster

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:55:00 GMT

XenoPort, Inc.?s (XNPT) lead candidate is Solzira (XP-13512), a Transported Prodrug of gabapentin. XenoPort is partnered with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for development and commercialization in the U.S. and select countries outside the U.S. The drug has comple[More...]

A World Without Record Companies

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:00 GMT

I’ve noticed that many discussions about digital music, the struggles of the recording industries, etc, often are centered more on various individual’s ideological beliefs around music, more than they're on the economic issues facing the recording industr[More...]

Farewell to the Cassette Tape

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Let's take a moment and say goodbye to the Cassette tape, let's think back to the times when car CD players were rare and your local Sam Goody carried your favorite album in Tape, LP and CD formats. Let's think back to the time when double tape decks were[More...]

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, June 23rd

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:17:01 GMT

Last November, Google (GOOG) and 30 partners were said be developing a new type of handset using Android software that was expected to revolutionize the industry. The first new phones were expected to be available in this year’s second half but are now[More...]

Apple: Follow the Leader

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:49:58 GMT

Before all you tech geeks decry that Apple really, truly is not the design and technology leader I, and others, believe it to be, please understand the difference between being the vanguard, the leading edge of the main force, and the cutting (or bleeding[More...]

Chinese Digital Music Service A8 To Go Public in HongKong

Tue, 27 May 2008 21:15:56 GMT

A8.com, an online and wireless digital music service established in 2000 in China, plans to go public in Hongkong Exchange(0800.HK) to raise as much as HK$ 217 million. In 2004 and 2005, IDGVC, TDF, Intel Capital and JAFCO invested in two round of financi[More...]

Music Downloads: Profit without iTunes

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:00:02 GMT

It’s a concensus: Being in the music business sucks, right now.[More...]

Logitech Squeezebox Gets Sirius

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:47:39 GMT

Sirius satellite radio is moving a bit deeper into the realm of Internet radio. Sirius Internet Radio streaming has been available for quite some time as a computer standalone or with units such as the Stiletto and SONOS that use a WiFi connection to allo[More...]

Music Industry Thoughts

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:20:29 GMT

Every now and then I see a commentary on the music industry that notes reduced CD sales (especially to young people), and then goes on to blame the RIAA’s attacks on Napster, lawsuits against down loaders, etc, as the cause. The basic idea is that young p[More...]