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It was an encouraging but not a completely reassuring sign that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] hit the 700,000-subscriber mark Oct. 18. The milestone suggests that the company ended third-quarter 2004...

Prospective satellite-TV subscribers appear to be responding to the joint efforts of SBC Communications [SBC] and EchoStar Communications [DISH]. The SBC-DISH branded service is gaining new subscribers but it also...

Morgan Stanley raised fiscal-year 2005 estimated revenue forecast for Garmin [GRMN] to $900 million from $830 million and EPS (earnings per share) to $2.18 from $2.04 due to stronger than...

Orders for commercial satellites are in the “doldrums” but Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [ORB] still managed to post favorable results for third-quarter 2004, according to a research note from William...

Claude Goumy, former chief executive of Matra Marconi Space, was honored with the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the development and exploitation of space in...

A consent decree issued last week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau led FCC Chairman Michael Powell to draw attention to the responsibility of satellite-TV and cable-TV operators...

Ford Motor Co. [F] was suffering through hefty losses and restructuring woes when rival General Motors [GM] initially invested in Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] and pledged to fund a...

The Boeing Company [BA] says it is complying with a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide information in connection with an inquiry about its accounting...

Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. [GRMN], introduced the a new remote sensor that receives broadcast weather data from the satellite weather service of XM Satellite...

ONO, the Spanish cable operator and one of the main competitors to DTH operator Digital+, completed the purchase of Retecal, the cable operator based in the region of Castilla y...