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Is free software profitable in the long run?

October 16, 2008 – 5:10 am | 4 Comments | 

Quicken reduced the cost of Quicken Online to free. This is great for consumers, but I have to ask myself why Intuit would make such a move. What does Intuit see that would cause them to …

Hold on to you hats boys and girls, the ride is not over yet

October 6, 2008 – 9:29 pm |

The bailout finally passed last week, but has a several week lead-in time before the money starts flowing. The DOW is below 10,000 and still falling.  All is not well with the financial system.
I heard …

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

July 29, 2008 – 1:23 am |
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 …

SIRI and XMSR – ABOUT TIME FCC!

July 26, 2008 – 6:34 pm |
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 …