Media Digest (8/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times

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Samsung beats Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in an intellectual property case in Japan. (Reuters)

The CEOs of Apple and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) meet to discuss patent issues. (Reuters)

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) continues to struggle with the trading issues that cost it billions of dollars in losses. (Reuters)

An official from the European Central Bank says that concerns about Europe’s future have grown. (Reuters)

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may set a partnership with Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) for maps, which would leave Google out of the e-commerce firm’s plans. (Reuters)

Twitter will allow advertisers more targeted capability on its platform. (Reuters)

Chinese officials tell a visiting Angela Merkel that they will give some measure of financial support to Europe. (WSJ)

Consumer electronics sites could spell an eventual end to the businesses of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Gamestop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH). (WSJ)

The United Steelworkers says trouble has slowed talks with ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT). (WSJ)

A New York State judge refuses to block the sales of Martha Stewart Living Omnivision Inc. (NYSE: MSO) products at JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) stores, although Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) brought a case to do so. (WSJ)

Soybean futures move toward a new record high on tight supply. (WSJ)

Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) has success with its turnaround of Jaguar and Rover. (NYT)

A study by the National Employment Law Project shows that middle-income jobs lost in the recession were often replaced by lower income ones. (NYT)

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) says it will begin to drill inside the Arctic Circle. (NYT)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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