Media Digest 10/1/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, UBS (UBS) will write-off $3.4 billion, another victim of the credit crunch.

Reuters writes that the Teamsters and UPS (UPS) have come to a new contract.

Reuters writes that Pfizer (PFE) faces an $8.5 billion suit over a Nigerian drug trial.

Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) is going after corporate customers with a new set of services.

Reuters reports that GE (GE) sales outside the US will top domestic revenue for the first time in 2007.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Nokia (NOK) is in talks to buy navigation software company Navteq (NVT).

The Wall Street Journal writes that private equity interests are in talks to kill their buy-out of Acxiom (ACXM).

The Wall Street Journal writes that Microsoft (MSFT) will offer a free document sharing service for Office users.

The Wall Street Journal writes that share of Amazon (AMZN) and Ebay (EBAY) are up as Wall St. re-evaluates their growth prospects

The New York Times writes that many newspapers are cutting promotions and shrinking circulation in a effort to give advertisers more targeted audiences.

The FT writes that as part of the UAW contract with GM (GM), the union could end up as the car company’s largest shareholder.

The FT writes that Facebook is considering opening a number of international sites.

Barron’s writes that Cisco (CSCO) is in talks to buy WiMax base station company Alvarion (ALVR).

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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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