Symposium Production Corp. (SYPJ.PK) is a digital entertainment company providing digital music and video download services in the mobile communications and entertainment markets. The sales of digital music are expected to grow 23% annually and reach $4.8 billion by 2012.

In early 2008, Symposium Production acquired iPartyTV and Feed Networks LLC. iPartyTV is an online destination that provides cutting-edge electronic music directly to a consumer’s headphones at the consumer’s request. iPartyTV is looking forward to providing software that will enable consumers to preview and purchase dance music events. Feed Networks LLC is a digital aggregation company that uses key partnerships in the industry to package and distribute music and ringtones.

Symposium Production is in a good position to become a leader in the digital music and video download industry. With its acquisitions of iPartyTV and Feed Networks LLC in 2008, the company is pursuing additional acquisitions to

Avid readers will know that I rather like General Electric at these prices.

Here I point out just how good the weak USD is to them.

And here I point out just how fantastic GE’s asset sales have been. [Just imagine if GE still owned FGIC and Genworth. The former is in deep trouble. The latter is merely problematic.]

Regular readers will also know that I subscribe to the GE press-release blog which you will find here.

But when I am long a stock I always look at what is wrong with the story. Indeed the central investment trap I fall into is to ignore the positives in my shorts and ignore the negatives in my long. This post is a conscious effort to correct that.

The negatives

With GE I point to a few negatives:

Powder River Petroleum International Inc. (OTCBB: PWDR) announced today that Jerry W. Walters will take over the position as Operations Manager. Walters has over 30 years experience in oil and gas. He has a wealth of knowledge in this sector, ranging from research and development to design, management and consulting.

“I am thrilled to have Mr. Walters join the Powder River Petroleum International Inc. team. I believe his experience and expertise in this industry will be an excellent addition to our production and operations team,” stated Powder River Petroleum International Inc. CEO Brian Fox.

Powder River Petroleum International Inc. is actively seeking acquisitions of oil and gas properties and companies operating in these venues in the United States and Canada. The company is also a marketer of crude oil and natural gas. Powder River Petroleum recently purchased a drilling and service company. The company expects an increase