Media Digest 7/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: July 21, 2009 2:53 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:25 am

newspaper Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India.

Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion.

Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation.

Reuters: California lawmakers agreed to a state budget.

Reuters: Small business groups are seeking help to keep companies afloat.

Reuters: TI (TXN) profits and outlook beat expectations.

Reuters: Obama said Wall St. banks have failed to show remorse for their losses.

Reuters: Investors are looking for more earnings surprises.

Reuters: Expectations are high for Apple’s (AAPL) earnings.

Reuters: Halliburton (HAL) profits fell but beat expectations.

WSJ: Many Swiss banks are declining US deposits in the wake of problems with UBS (UBS).

WSJ: Deutsche Bank (DB) fired two executives over whether they spied on other managers.

WSJ: CIT’s fate still rests with regulators.

WSJ: Executives and other well-compensated employees now receive one-third of all pay in the US.

WSJ: Yahoo! (YHOO) is expected to launch its homepage as early as today.

WSJ: The Porsche deal with VW is still facing problems.

WSJ: Barnes & Noble (BKS) will challenge the Amazon (AMZN) Kindle.

WSJ: Sony (SNE) has signed a deal with Redbox to supply its films in the distributor’s kiosks.

WSJ: TD Ameritrade (AMTD) will return hundreds of millions of dollars to customers after settling ARS charges.

WSJ: Wynn (WYNN) will have an IPO of its Macau assets.

WSJ: The New York Times (NYT) Boston Globe property will cut wages and benefits.

WSJ: Morgan Stanley (MS) will be the primary adviser on spin-outs of AIG (AIG) assets.

WSJ: LG is taking market share from rival cell phone companies.

WSJ: Toyota (TM) said it lost touch with the US market.

WSJ: GM has three final bids for Opel.

WSJ: UnitedHealth (UNH) will buy part of Health Net.

NYT: Policy markets are trying to revive US manufacturing.

NYT: Barnes and Noble plans to make itself the world’s largest online bookstore.

NYT: Congress may back off from large taxes for the rich to fund health care changes.

FT: Swine flu vaccines are likely to make GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Roche, and Sanofi-Aventis billions of dollars.

Bloomberg: Summers challenged banks on foreclosures.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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