Corporate News

Finished With My RSS Reorg — It’s 4:30 AM right now. I’m bushed. A few days ago, I started on a quest to make myself more efficient with respect to my RSS reading.  For as long as I can remember, I’ve had far in excess of 800 feeds a day I go through, and I generally spend at least three hours a day specifically devoted to clearing my reads (with light reading throughout the rest of the work-day). I’m at a point where I want to be a lot more productive in terms of my writing output, and the biggest expendable chunk of my workload was... [Tags: chunk, corporate news, efficient with respect, few days, glance]

Sirius XM Hits New Low: 20 Cents (SIRI) — Bad day for satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM: The company's shares are down 13% today to 20 cents -- an all-time low. Why? There doesn't seem to be any Sirius corporate news today, so we're pretty sure it's mostly a reflection of lousy growth ahead, the sad state of the consumer electronics business, and direct exposure to the self-destructing auto industry. Out of curiosity: Would CEO Mel Karmazin consider a reverse split now? In July, he said it wasn't going to happen. But that's when Sirius (SIRI) stock was worth $1.61. Update: Yes, he would. Clusterstock colleague Joe Weisenthal points... [Tags: anonymous tips, auto industry, bad day, bad news, ceo]

U.S. Stocks Poised for Mixed Open — Premarket futures were hinting at a mixed open for U.S. stocks Thursday, as corporate news from the retail, auto and technology sectors suggested continuing economic struggles.... [Tags: corporate news, economic struggles, premarket futures, retail auto, stocks]

Sour Earnings Outlooks Point Futures Lower — Premarket futures were hinting at a lower open for U.S. stocks Thursday, as corporate news from the retail, auto and technology sectors continued to suggest continuing economic struggles.... [Tags: corporate news, earnings, economic struggles, outlooks, premarket futures]

The Real Story Wrap: November 5 — U.S. stocks sank hard Wednesday as traders took in some bearish corporate news and dreary economic data, while sizing up their prospects following Barack Obama's victory in the presidential election.... [Tags: barack obama, corporate news, economic data, presidential election, prospects]

Microsoft 'proves' six degrees of separation theory — All corporate news is six steps away from reality Microsoft researchers claim to have proved the pop-social-psychology shibboleth that we are no more that six degrees of separation removed from any other human being on the planet.…... [Tags: corporate news, degrees of separation, microsoft, microsoft researchers, separation theory]

SEC, Sun CEO make sure blogging will never be fun again [Blogging For Dollars] — Blame Jonathan Schwartz. Sun Microsystems' ponytailed Mission-hipster foodie CEO complained in 2006 that he couldn't post corporate news on his blog. SEC chairman Chris Cox stepped to, initiating a two-year study that has just concluded that yes, posting "non-public material information" on a website might suffice as a means of disclosure. What this will really accomplish: Driving kids away from blogging once and for all. When blogs are safe for announcing corporate earning reports — when Mom and Dad drive an hour each way just to pull down a salary for clicking "Save" in Movable Type — you know they... [Tags: blog, blogging, chris cox, corporate news, dad drive]