Media Digest 12/18/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTImes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, December home builder sentiment hit a new low.

Reuters writes that PC chip makers may have hit a bottom and hope for a recovery in the first half of next year.

Reuters writes that a new Goldman Sachs (GS) hedge fund will open for business with over $6 billion.

The Wall Street Journal writes the ECB guaranteed it will supply euro-zone financial institutions unlimited two-week funds at a fixed rate.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple (AAPL) has been meeting with Docomo (DCM) and Softbank and launching the iPhone in Japan.

The Wall Street Journal writes that XM Satellite (XMSR) and Universal Music have settled a copyright infringement suit.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Adobe (ADBE) earnings topped forecasts

The Wall Street Journal writes that Qwest (Q) will upgrade a significant part of its network to fiber to increase connection speeds.

The New York Times reports that Congress may give substantial incentives to ethanol companies to increase the rate at which the industry is growing.

The FT writes that Loews will spin off Lorillard.

Barrons’ reports that Micron (MU) fell because of concern about falling DRAM pricing.

Bloomberg writes that the world economy is facing the risk of both recession and faster inflation.

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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