Media Digest 8/22/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, GM (GM) sees revenue in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East growing by several billion a year for the next several years.

Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) believes that it can sell 10.4 million cars in 2009, a record.

Reuters reports that it is still likely that Google (GOOG) will bid for wireless spectrum.

The Wall Street Journal writes that TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and E*Trade (ET) are in merger talks to create the largest disount broker with 11 million customers

The Wall Street Journal writes that Google (GOOG) will begin to sell video ads on YouTube.

The Wall Street Journal writes that delays in laptop shipments are hurting Dell’s (DELL) turnaround.

The Wall Street Journal writes that GM’s venture in China will offer interest free loans to drive market share.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint (S) want to use it WiMax effort to send signals to digital cameras and billboards.

The New York Times writes that Apple (AAPL) is already selling refurbished iPhones.

The FT writes that Vodafone (VOD) faces delays in getting a dividend from its stake in Verizon Wireless.

Barron’s writes that shares in Analog Devices (ADI) fell on the prospects of higher costs.

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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