Media Digest 12/11/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, the Fed is set to cut rates today.

Reuters writes that inflation in China hit an 11 year high at almost 7% in November.

Reuters reports that global deals are driving record M&A activity in Asia.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Washington Mutual (WM) cut is dividend and will sell preferred stock to raise capital.

The Wall Street Journal writes that TI (TXN) improved its forecast for the current quarter.

The Wall Street Journal says Valero (VLO) may sell some of its refineries to narrow its focus.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Ron Perlman may have to put more money into Revlon.

The Wall Street Journal writes that HP (HPQ) is moving into the big commercial printer business.

The New York Times writes that IACI (IACI) search engine Ask.com will offer a feature to make searches more private

The New York Times say that Sony (SNE) announced that its sales in the US are not being hurt by the economy.

The FT writes that Citigroup (C) has been off-loading asset from its SIVs cutting its exposure.

Barron’s writes that fewer and fewer people will be using telecom landlines, replacing them with cellphones and VoIP.

Bllomberg writes that Sony  will do more to make its PS3 a home networking device.

CNN Money sales Boeing (BA) will give an update on its delayed 787 today

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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