Media Digest (1/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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The Bank of Japan may ease its monetary policy again as the country’s economy slows. (Reuters)

The CEO of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) makes his second visit to China in the past year. (Reuters)

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) makes an offer for Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) that is higher than the one from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). (Reuters)

Another problem with the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner causes concerns about its safety. (Reuters)

China sets more stringent rules over initial public offerings. (Reuters)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) will report the value of its money market funds daily. (WSJ)

Apple may release a less expensive version of the iPhone. (WSJ)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) withdraws a patent claim against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). (WSJ)

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) reports that one of its goals is to become one of the top three smartphone companies in the world. (WSJ)

The Business Roundtable says its companies want more help against cyber attacks. (WSJ)

Sales of streaming media push home entertainment sales higher. (WSJ)

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) CEO Akerson wants to make Chevrolet and Cadillac into global brands. (WSJ)

Jeffrey Lacker of the Richmond Fed says the central bank’s efforts on the economy do not work. (NYT)

U.S. oil imports may fall to their lowest level in 25 years. (FT)

Credit risk appears to be rising in China. (Bloomberg)

PSA Peugeot Citroen delivers 20% fewer cars in the fourth quarter of 2012 than its did in the same period in 2011. (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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