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Media Digest 4/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, ABN Amro (ABN) will open its books to the Royal Bank of Scotland and two other banks that have made a $98 billion bid.

Reuters writes that Apple’s (AAPL) profits rose sharply on sales of Macs and iPods.

Reuters writes that the profit at NYSE (NYX) rose 123% in the most recent quarter.

Reuters reports that profits at telecom equipment company Ericsson (ERIC) rose 24%.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Qualcomm’s (QCOM) profit rose 22% and its raised guidance.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wendy’s (WEN) is considering putting the company on the market.

The WSJ also reports that Bristol-Myers (BMY) will make its interim CEO the company’s permanet chief.

The WSJ reports that Boeing’s (BA) net rose 27% on strong plane orders.

The WSJ reports that Comcast (CMCSA) is building a portal to become a major destination for web TV to offset potential customer defections from its cable products.

The New York Times writes that the CEO of Siemens (SI) will step down. The company continues to struggle with scandals.

The New York Times writes that the CEO of GE (GE) is frustrated with the company’s share performance.

FT writes that Boeing (BA) and Airbus face competition from China’s plans to build its own planes.

Barron’s writes that share of Harley-Davidson may run out of gas as demands for its motorcycles slows.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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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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