Media Digest 5/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   Small businesses are having trouble finding financing.

Reuters:   VW has stopped tie-up talks with Porsche.

Reuters:   The US budget chief says there are signs the economic free fall is over.

Reuters:   Central banks may need more power to maintain stability.

Reuters:   GM’s Opel might make cars for other brands.

Reuters:   AT&T (T) may offer cloud-based storage.

Reuters:   AIG (AIG) will offer an IPO of its key Asia assets.

Reuters:   UBS (UBS) is upping payments to some bankers to retain them.

WSJ:   India’s stock market rose 17% after national elections.

WSJ:   Some Madoff victims are being investigated about what they knew,

WSJ:   Tech firms are bracing for antitrust investigations by the new Administration.

WSJ:   Investors are looking for stronger signs of a recovery to keep the rally going.

WSJ:   The US is set to re-think the role of the Fed.

WSJ:   Nomura is launching a big US push.

WSJ:   Toyota (TM) rolled out its new Prius.

WSJ:   Venture-backed stocks are making a return.

WSJ:   Baidu (BIDU) worked went on strike over pay.

WSJ:   New tax proposals are targeting life insurers.

WSJ:   Brazil is turning to China to help finance oil projects.

WSJ:   Hopes for a recovery at Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) may come from California.

WSJ:   Oil exploration companies are still pursuing growth.

WSJ:   While the number of internet pages is endless the ad revenue to go against them is not.

NYT:   Networks are scrambling their line-ups in reaction to the ad downturn

NYT:   Google (GOOG) may be the target of new antitrust work.

NYT:   The editor of Wired has not figured out how to market it profitably.

NYT:   Cell phone makers are hoping for a blockbuster summer.

NYT:   GM (GM) may seek more production from low-wage regions.

NYT:   A report from IHS CERA says there is big opportunity in Canadian oil sands.

FT:   Smaller US banks need $24 billion in capital.

FT:   Battery makers will seek US aid.

FT:   The head of Siemens (SI) sees a revival in Germany.

FT:   A  study reports that analysts do not move stocks.

Bloomberg:   Japan’s foreign currency bonds were cut by Moody’s.

Bloomberg:   JP Morgan upgraded the India stock market and cut China to “neutral.”

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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