Media Digest 12/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: December 23, 2009 3:57 am

Last Updated: March 26, 2020 9:10 am

Reuters: US business investment is rising.

Reuters: Another outage shut down RIM’s (NYSE:RIMM) BlackBerry network.

Reuters: Geithner said tight lending could hurt US economy.

Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) lost an appeal over IP in its Word software.

Reuters: Hollywood may have its first $10 billion box office year.

WSJ: Companies are concerned about the rise in costs attached to the healthcare bill.

WSJ: Citigroup (NYSE:C) denied a report that hackers had broken in its systems and taken millions of dollars.

WSJ: Investors are showing an increased interest in toxic assets and commercial real estate loans.

WSJ: Home sales and prices improved.

WSJ: Fiat will increase capital spending.

WSJ: Start ups will get more cash from venture capitalists next year.

WSJ: The US cleared the TicketMaster deal to buy Live Nation.

WSJ: Novartis is paying $520 million for the rights to an experimental heart drug.

WSJ: Nordstrom’s (NYSE:JWN) strategy on pricing and product mix should pay off during the holidays.

WSJ: Ford (NYSE:F) hopes to sell Volvo next year.

WSJ: Hynix, the No.2 memory chip company, sees a rebound next year.

WSJ: Infineon raised first quarter sales forecasts.

WSJ: Boeing (NYSE:BA) bought control of one of its main plants which was partly owned by a supplier.

WSJ: A Roche drug infringes on an Amgen (NYSE:AMGN) patent.

WSJ: Toyota (NYSE:TM) pushed cost cutting efforts.

WSJ: Two key Comcast (NYSE:CMCSA) executives received huge bonuses in advance of the NBCU integration.

WSJ: Recovery hopes are feeding a dollar rally.

WSJ: Costco (NYSE:COST) and UAL (NYSE:UAUA) are getting options beat based on rises in their stocks.

NYT: Tax credits lifted home sales.

NYT: Winter storms delayed but did not stop holiday shopping.

NYT: Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) reached a deal to sell one of its units.

FT: Top hedge funds are betting on big yield increases and higher US inflation.

FT: Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) film unit launched VOD in Europe.

FT: OPEC said its target price for oil is $70 to $80.

Bloomberg: China’s Geely is likely to pay $2 billion for Volvo.

Bloomberg: Energy and financial firms may lead the rebound in M&A.

Bloomberg: China’s growth may move up to 12% causing concerns about inflation.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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