Media Digest (4/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times

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The Bank of Japan will increase government bond buying in an effort to end deflation. (Reuters)

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) sues the Export-Import Bank over support it gives to foreign carriers. (Reuters)

The parent of British Air will buy 18 Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliners. (Reuters)

Samsung will have its own sales areas in some Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) locations to sell its new Galaxy S4 phone. (WSJ)

States raise gas taxes to help rebuild roads. (WSJ)

China’s export data and Hong Kong import information do not match well, which means China’s economic recovery may not be so strong. (WSJ)

As shale helps oil supplies in the United States, China likely will become the largest importer of crude next year, according to OPEC. (WSJ)

Liz Claiborne may sell Lucky Brand and Juicy Couture. (WSJ)

The Government Accountability Office criticizes the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve for not keeping better track of bank errors on foreclosures. (WSJ)

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) likely will launch a new smartphone soon. (NYT)

Small Web search companies take share from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as more people use mobile devices. (NYT)

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) raises concerns because it does not have staff to keep shelves stocked on a regular basis. (NYT)

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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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