Media Digest (1/7/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

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Bank regulators loosen Basel accords to help increase bank lending. (Reuters)

Research from the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) shows that the United States is a favored place to put money into commercial properties. (Reuters)

Sharp says its calendar fourth-quarter results were better than expected. (Reuters)

Air France-KLM quickens its conversations to buy Alitalia. (Reuters)

Information from the Graduate Management Admission Council shows MBA salaries have not grown recently. (WSJ)

Banks are close to a $10 billion deal with the government over foreclosure practices. (WSJ)

December car sales fall in Japan. (WSJ)

Oprah’s OWN is set to add six new shows. (WSJ)

Hostess is close to selling off its major brands. (WSJ)

Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LMCA) will take control of Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI). (WSJ)

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) will spend $14 billion to develop the Hebron oil field off the east coast of Canada. (WSJ)

Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox faces stiff competition as it moves beyond games to being an entertainment device. (WSJ)

Chip company Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) will release its own game platform. (WSJ)

China Investment Corp. has an interest in a large investment in Daimler. (FT)

France may drop its 75% tax on incomes of the wealthy. (FT)

Profits at handset firm HTC drop to an eight-year low as sales contract. (Bloomberg)

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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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