Media Digest 12/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Oracle (ORCL) posted strong earnings and offered a robust outlook for its business.

Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) has sued Bear Stearns (BSC) over losses in two hedge funds controlled by the US company.

Reuters reports that Burger King (BKC) is expected to expand more rapidly overseas.

Reuters writes that Texas Instruments (TXN) see analog chip sales doubling in the next seven years.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Pfizer (PFE) is being sued over illegally pushing up Lipitor sales by a misleading education program for doctors.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Activision has raised its outlook again.

The Wall Street Journal reports that S&P downgraded ACA Financial’s credit rating to junk status, rendering billions in guarantees effectively worthless.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Nike (NKE) posted good results driven by international sales.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Motorola (MOT) is aiming its marketing in China and people under 30.

The New York Times writes that after a presentation about SLM by its CEO, the stock fell sharply.

The FT writes that Netsuite has doubled the price ofits IPO.

Barron’s writes that, despite an increase in their value, shares in Noble Corp are stil cheap.

Bloomberg writes that mobile phone spending in the US hit record levels lead by purchases of the RIM (RIMM) Blackberry and Apple (AAPL) iPhone.

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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