Media Digest (2/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Investing

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: February 25, 2011 4:12 am

EADS division Airbus lost out on an Air Force tanker to Boeing (NYSE: BA) (Reuters)

Gold and oil moved higher on concerns about Libya (Reuters)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) launched a new MacBook Pro (Reuters)

A NASDAQ buyout of The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX) would probably bring antitrust scrutiny (Reuters)

Venture capital firms have put money into companies that track online behavior for advertisers despite objections (WSJ)

The CFTC and other regulators are having trouble with budgets needed to implement Dodd-Frank (WSJ)

Airlines face much higher jet fuel prices (WSJ)

The Commerce Secretary said the US had made progress in trade talks with China (WSJ)

China is putting more money into Japan’s top companies (WSJ)

Some politicians in Washington want to resume deepwater drilling (WSJ)

Bankers pushed back on an Obama plan to make them modify mortgages (WSJ)

Nintendo must put a warning on 3DS consoles that warns about the effects of watching its images (WSJ)

US agencies have begun to prepare for a shutdown of the federal government on March 5 (WSJ)

Durable goods orders rose because of demand for commercial airplanes (WSJ)

Grain prices are being passed on to consumers (WSJ)

GM (NYSE: GM) had its first profitable year since 2004 (WSJ)

Huawei asked US regulators to take a closer look at its practices after it was shut out of a bid to buy assets of an American company (WSJ)

Even as Toyota (NYSE: TM) recalled over 2 million cars, the US government ended an investigation of the safety of cars recalled last year (WSJ)

AOL (NYSE: AOL) made another change in its upper management ranks (WSJ)

Oil refining profits may be hurt by the rising cost of oil (WSJ)

Publishers are offering more e- textbooks as students buy more tablet (WSJ)

Saudi Arabia said it would increase oil production to offset shortfall from Libya (WSJ)

Moody’s may drop its Aaa rating if a government shutdown cause the US to miss interest payments on sovereign debt (WSJ)

Foreign investment in India has dropped (NYT)

Investigation into Porsche business strategies could scuttle its merge with VW (NYT)

An increase in oil prices could hurt the US recovery (FT)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), and Spotify are in a race to gain share in the digital music market (FT)

Target (NYSE: TGT) said consumer buying remains at risk (FT)

Irish voters will probably drive out the current administration (Bloomberg)

The Wisconsin House passed a bill to abolish collective bargaining. (Bloomberg)

AIG (NYSE: AIG) said it faces high risk on its $46.6 billion muni bond portfolio (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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