Breakingviews | XM/Sirius

Considered view

20 Feb 2007 09:03

Mel's moxie

By Antony Currie AND Lauren Silva Laughlin

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Sirius’s $13bn merger with rival XM makes financial sense. Combined, the two loss-making radio companies could save a heap of cash. But there appears little in it to change the FCC’s stance that the two should remain separate. Sirius boss Karmazin has his work cut out.

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