Media Digest 11/19/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, some auto industry experts think car sales could hit a 15-year low in 2008.

Reuters reports that the OPEC summit ended with members disagreeing about what to do about the weak US dollar.

Reuters also reports that Xerox (XRX) will have its first dividend since 2001.

The Wall Street Journal writes that China is putting a curb on bank lending between now and the end of the year, a move that could hurt that stock market there and the economy.

The Wall Street Journal writes that crude oil production could plateau creating long-term energy shortages.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AMD (AMD) is finally releasing its full platform of chips for building PCs.

The New York Times writes that while most investment firms were making bad decisions in the current credit crisis, Goldman Sachs (GS) made a number of smart moves.

The New York Times writes that global interest in the 700 Mhz frequency band could boost prices at the January FCC spectrum auction.

The New York Times writes that Fox News signed Shepard Smith to an $8 million, three year anchor dea.

The FT writes that OPEC members have united behind higher prices.

The FT reports that support is growing for a super-fund for SIVs as rates for borrowing by banks increases.

The FT writest that the head of GE (GE) called for incentives to build nuclear plants.

The FT writes that concerns about Vista are not preventing adoption of the Microsoft (MSFT) OS.

Barron’s writes that the falling price of EchoStar (DISH) is likely to cause AT&T (T) to make a bid for the company.

Bloomberg writes that Wall St. will pay out $38 billion in bonuses as shareholders loss $74 billion.

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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