Media Digest 6/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: June 3, 2009 3:07 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:24 am

Reuters: A survey shows the global stimulus spending lacks direction.

Reuters: The race for “green” cars is still wide open.

Reuters: GM (GM) and Chrysler will face Senate scrutiny are dealer closings.

Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) are being left behind by healthy rivals.

Reuters: Obama said it is “make or break” time for healthcare reform.

Reuters: GM (GM) sold Hummer to a Chinese machinery company.

Reuters: Visa (V) sees a credit card industry restructuring.

Reuters: Starbucks (SBUX) is revamping its bakery ingredients.

Reuters: Nintendo’s chief said his company is still outpacing rivals.

Reuters: Demand for the Fed consumer program rose to $11.5 billion.

WSJ: Banks have raised $85 billion making most big financial firms solvent by the government’s definition.

WSJ: The Congressional move to help dismantle “mark to market” accounting could hurt investors looking at balance sheets.

WSJ: The SEC wants more disclosure of non-executive pay at public companies.

WSJ: Car sales showed signs of stabilizing in May.

WSJ: The government is trying to build a map of where $7 billion in broadband spending should go.

WSJ: Banks and money managers made a pitch for the value of derivatives.

WSJ: Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 is ready for an October release.

WSJ: Acer PCs will run Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system.

WSJ: The US highway fund is low on cash.

WSJ: Aetna (AET) cut its earnings forecast.

WSJ: Sony Ericsson is betting on high end phones.

WSJ: Google (GOOG) is set to sell e-books.

WSJ: A court sided with Tivo (TIVO in a key patent case.

WSJ: Headaches await the next TARP chief.

WSJ: Geithner said China has confidence in US economy.

WSJ: Gold is heading back to $1,000 an ounce.

WSJ: A sale of stock by a major Barclays (BCS) holder knocked down the stock.

WSJ: Bond giant Pimco is expanding.

WSJ: GM (GM) will keep its units in Brazil and China.

WSJ: Oracle (ORCL) may move into the netbook market.

WSJ: Sony (SNE) and Nintendo are pursuing different paths in the game console wars.

WSJ: New chips can boost solar power.

NYT: Auto suppliers, who employ more people than Detroit, are being battered by the industry restructuring.

NYT: Some homeowners do not qualify for government help because their credit is too good.

NYT: India is still getting a great deal of outsourcing business.

NYT: The US is looking at antitrust hiring practices at some big tech companies including Yahoo! (YHOO) and Apple (AAPL).

NYT: The jobless rate rose in Europe.

NYT: PC touch screens are becoming more popular.

FT: Facebook is launching its own payment system.

Bloomberg: The Fed is raising capital standards for banks that want out of TARP.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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