Media Digest 5/22/2003 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Chrysler is already seeing positive effects from bankruptcy.

Reuters:   The US is working with GM (GM) on a Chapter 11 filing as the June1 deadline looms.

Reuters:   Pimco’s Gross says US is at risk of losing its AAA rating.

Reuters:   The US closed BankUnited and sold it to private equity interests.

Reuters:   AIG’s (AIG) Liddy stepped down as CEO.

Reuters:   The trillion dollar bailout is beginning to shake market confidence in the US economy.

Reuters:   New reports show the US has a bumpy road ahead as it moves toward recovery.

Reuters:   Singapore’s Temasek defended its expensive exit from Bank of America’s (BAC) stock.

Reuters:   The US put $7.5 billion into GMAC.

Reuters:   Fed official Plosser is worried about inflation and other effects of the Fed’s actions.

Reuters:   GM (GM) and the UAW reached an agreement for a new contract.

WSJ:   The recession has turned malls into ghost towns.

WSJ:   UK bonds were hit by fears of an S&P downgrade of the country’s sovereign debt.

WSJ:   Glaxo and the IRS are in a court dispute.

WSJ:   Credit card companies could loss billions of dollars in fees.

WSJ:   The CEO of Xerox (XRX) stepped down.

WSJ:   Gap (GPS) posted lower profits and sales.

WSJ:   China is facing oil strife problems in Iraq.

WSJ:   The Senate killed an effort to restrict IMF funds.

WSJ:   British Airways posted a loss.

WSJ:   Salesforce.com (CRM) had a jump in its net.

WSJ:   The dollar is dropping as investors move into more risky assets.

WSJ:   Open Table’s IPO was up 59%.

WSJ:   Options traders  are moving into Palm (PALM) ahead of the launch of its Pre.

WSJ:   The golden age of credit card profitability is gone.

WSJ:   Obama’s fuel targets risk hurting the  recovery of car companies.

WSJ:   Chrysler dealers and lawmakers are fighting plans to shut dealers.

WSJ:   Sears (SHLD) posted a profit.

WSJ:   Game Stop (GME) posted a poor forecast.

WSJ:   Lenovo expects a tough time for PC sales.

WSJ:   McClatchy (MNI) is seeking a debt swap at a big discount.

WSJ:   Cabilevision (CVC) says it has no plans to go private.

NYT:   Wells Fargo (WFC) is squeezing retailer Hartmarx raising the chance of bankruptcy.

FT:   Citigroup (C) is trying to cut its tech costs by as much as $1 billion.

FT:   Ford (F) complained about a German loan for GM’s (GM) unit there.

FT:   California faces deep budget cuts.

Bloomberg:   Geithner pledged to cut deficits to save  the US’ AAA rating.

Bloomberg:   GM (GM) may get another bid for Opel from a Chinese car company.

Bloomberg:   The stock warrants from US TARP loans to banks may be bought at prices that cost taxpayers $10 billion

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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