Apple's Weak Sales, Sirius XM Still In Trouble, Sexy New GPhone

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Apple iPod, Mac Sales Down In January: Analyst How's Apple doing so far this year? Not great, but not terrible either. Mac and iPod sales appear to be trending down year-over-year, but not beyond expectations. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has analyzed January retail sales estimates from research firm NPD Group. In a report this afternoon, he notes: iPod unit sales down 14% year-over-year in January. Mac unit sales down 6% year-over-year in January. Read >

Sirius XM's Problems Still Run Deep Congratulations, Mr. Karmazin! You managed to get a bailout from John Malone's Liberty Media at the last minute, saving Sirius XM from bankruptcy. Now you can get back to the thriving satellite radio business! Oh, wait... Read >

Google May Dump MySpace Search Deal Barclay's analyst Doug Anmuth thinks Google is considering ditching its disappointing $900 million search-monetization deal with MySpace. If so, good riddance. Google has had a devil of a time making the deal work economically, and there's no need to throw good money after bad. Read >

Recession Comes To The Valley The Valley powered through 2008...right up until the last quarter. Now, incomes and employment are declining. Read >

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Advertisement Will This Sexy New GPhone Make It To America? The newest Google phone is official: Vodafone will start selling the so-called HTC Magic this spring in Europe. When will it go on sale here? That's a little more complicated. Read > MobiTV Hits 6 Million Subscribers, Growth Accelerating Mobile TV is still a niche service in the U.S. But at least one company is on the winning end. Read > EA's Weird New Product Line: Sporting Equipment Electrionic Arts is diversifying out of videogame publishing and into... children's sporting equipment? Apparently so. The company's EA Sports division is in a deal with Toy Island to develop a line of branded sporting equipment, like footballs, basketballs, and hockey equipment, for kids. Read > No, Oracle Isn't On A 'Buying Spree' The Wall Street Journal reports Oracle's strategy for the recession is to pickup small companies. But the pace of Oracle's acquisitions is actually slowing. Read > SEC Charges RIM Execs For Stock Option Backdating More stock option backdating charges for RIM execs: The Secuties and Exchange Commission charged BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and four execs today. Read >

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