Media Digest 6/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: June 24, 2009 2:53 am

Last Updated: April 27, 2020 2:45 pm

newspaper Reuters: The head of a Congressional watchdog committee is pushing for a consumer protection agency.

Reuters: China defended its export policies against a WTO complaint.

Reuters: Citigroup (C) intends to raise the base pay of key employees.

Reuters: Apple’s (AAPL) Jobs has an excellent prognosis after recent surgery.

Reuters: The Fed will hold off on buying more securities and will probably defer rate hikes.

Reuters: Oracle (ORCL) profit beat forecasts.

Reuters: JP Morgan (JPM) topped a list of bank earnings. (C)((BAC)((HBC)

Reuters: A union owning Morgan Stanley (MS) shares wants the company to review pay hikes.

Reuters: GM will continue work on a plug-in car.

Reuters: Ford (F) and Nissan will get US technology loans.

WSJ: Big oil companies are ready to gamble on Iraq.

WSJ: Obama is showing flexibility on his health plan.

WSJ: Boeing (BA) delayed the launch of its 787 again.

WSJ: The Boston Globe and unions reached a tentative agreement (NYT).

WSJ: Intel (INTC) is making a run at the cellphone business.

WSJ: Medtronic (MDT) said it received a federal subpoena.

WSJ: Builders are working to buy cheap land.

WSJ: Amazon (AMZN) warned California about a new tax bill.

WSJ: Huntman (HUN) settled a suit against Credit Suisse (CS) and Deutsche Bank (DB).

WSJ: Madoff’s lawyer says a 12 year jail term would be fair.

WSJ: Investors may be paying too much for American Express (AXP) stock because of its brand.

WSJ: GM plans more job cuts.

WSJ: Norsk Hydro dropped efforts to buy Asia Aluminum Holdings

NYT: The head of the Fed has argued that the agency should have more financial regulatory power.

NYT: Concerns about protectionism are rising as China stimulates its economy.

NYT: The heads of cable TV companies are trying to protect their video offerings from Internet-delivered content (CVC)(CMCSA)(TWC).

NYT: Palm (PALM) has been slow to open its Pre to application developers.

NYT: Lenders are challenging a Delphi plan to exit bankruptcy.

NYT: A Senate panel said speculators pushed up wheat prices.

FT: MySpace (NWS) cut global growth and staff.

Bloomberg: NYSE (NYX) is losing trades to other exchanges.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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