Media Digest 4/23/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Acording to Reuters profits at Apple (AAPL) rose but Wall St. did not like margins.

Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) cut its outlook due to the housing crisis.

Reuters writes that Amazon’s (AMZN) pricing drove lower margins.

Reuters reports that Credit Suiss (CS) posted a loss.

The Wall Street Journal writes the Microsoft (MSFT) may withdraw its bid for Yahoo! (YHOO).

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wendy’s (WEN) will announce a deal in which it is sold to Nelson Peltz.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Samsung may knock Motorola (MOT) from its No.1 spot in US handset sales.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Qualcomm (QCOM) posted higher profits.

The Wall Street Journal writes that, after failing to draw customers with fashionable clothing, Wal-Mart (WMT) will try again.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wall St. is concerned about the growing use of credit default swaps.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Delta (DAL) and Northwest (NWA) posted huge losses.

The Wall Street Journal reports that CostCo (COST) and Wal-Mart (WMT) are rationing rice sales due to huge demand.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Toyota (TM) passed GM (GM) in global sales in Q1.

The New York Times writes that China now has as many web users as the US.

The FT writes that fears of big bank failures are receding based on trading in the credit default markets.

Bloomberg reports that the price of rice rose above $25 for the first time.

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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