Media Digest 8/29/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Isuzu and GM (GM) will increase their cooperation in South America to improve their share in the truck market.

Reuters writes that Knight Capital (NITE) may have to refund fees collected by one of its funds which has been affected by market turmoil.

The Wall Street Journal writes that it has told the UAW that it may sell some non-core assets which have union employees

The Wall Street Journal reports that the CFO of Google (GOOG) will step down.

The Wall Street Journal writes that job losses in the Mexican community are hurting Wal-Mart (WMT) sales.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Home Depot (HD) will continue with plans for a share buy-back.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Lockheed Martin is looking for growth in its IT business to offset slowing defence sales.

The New York Times writes that phone companies in Europe are stepping up their investment to bring internet TV to consumer’s homes.

The FT writes that BMW and Daimler are warning China that it is copying models of their cars.

The FT writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) is moving aggressively into India.

Barron’s writes that Apple (AAPL) may introduce new models of the iPod at a Sept 5 event.

The Inquirer writes that Google (GOOG) may introduce a phone in September.

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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