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Will the XM and Sirius merger be approved by the US Government before September 1st, 2008?

Settled as Yes

Merger approved

Background:

This merger has been on hold now by the Government for well over a year. The Government is stating that the combination of the two will result in an illegal monopoly, like noone will be able to hear music through any other outlets if the merger happens. The same people overseeing this have approved mergers of multiple oil companies with one another to create super-companies in 2 to 6 weeks. That certainly cant be in the best interest of the consumer. I believe that the decision on this matter is a great barometer of whether our government is for the good of the people, or for the good of big business. Depending on how this turns out, we may have very many disappointed citizens.
 
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Yes
89%
No
11%
Activity: H$82,972
Settled as Yes on Thu 27th Mar 6:47am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: None

Settlement date: Thu 27th Mar 6:47am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 3%

Action history:

Created Mon 28th Jan 5:48pm PST by rowanbuds
Settlement requested Mon 24th Mar 5:59pm PDT by pics4d: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080324/bs_nm/xm_sirius_antitrust_dc;
Settlement requested Tue 25th Mar 3:28am PDT by steph: Settle as Yes

http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CTECH/ntechnologyNews_uUSWAT00918420080325

Thanks!

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Settlement requested Tue 25th Mar 6:34am PDT by steph: Answer: Yes

Department of Justice has approved the merger.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/24/xm-sirius-merger-approved/
Settlement requested Tue 25th Mar 7:28pm PDT by rohan: It has been approved a LONG time ago.. two days in fact, also, this page is not showing properly for me, so send me a shout if I'm wrong.
Settlement requested Wed 26th Mar 7:11am PDT by rohan: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/25/1338258
Edited Thu 27th Mar 6:12am PDT by chris[Admin]
Settled as 'Yes' Thu 27th Mar 6:47am PDT by andrew: Merger approved
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.... read all

 

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pics4d predicted Yes (H$100 at 74%)

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