“Sirius Satellite Radio was down 5 percent at $7.27 after Stifel Nicolaus analyst Kit Spring told clients that it’s unlikely that the company will announce a deal with Apple Computer to combine satellite radio with the iPod MP3 player,” David B. Wilkerson reports for CBS MarketWatch.

“Spring dismissed speculation about such a deal, which had come from a report on Briefing.com. During a meeting with the company earlier this week, Sirius’ management team ‘strongly reinforced that their strategy is to get standard in cars,’ Spring said, ‘and that wearable devices are simply an added feature rather than a new category driver,’ Wilkerson reports. “The analyst went on to say that it didn’t appear to him that MP3 deals are ‘an urgent strategic move.’”

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