Media Digest 1/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, CNBC is reporting that Citigroup (C) could write-down $24 billion.

Reuters writes that automakers face big hurdles in 2008.

Reuters reports that the $200 billion Kuwait Investment Authority had no comment about whether it planned to buy into Citigroup or Merrill Lynch (MER).

Reuters writest that Apple (AAPL) and China Mobile (CHL) have ended talks about distributing the iPhone in China.

The Wall Street Journal reports that regulators are looking into pre-deal trading at firms including Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and JP Morgan (JPM).

The Wall Street Journal writes that a number of bankruptcy judges are looking at Countrywide’s (CFC) lending practices.

The Wall Street Journal writes that GM (GM) plans to produce a car which will cost under $4,000.

The New York Times writes that American’s have cut back sharply on spending.

The New York Times writes that Toyota (TM) will offer a plug-in hybrid in 2010.

The New York Times reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) will try to expand itself into a "starting point" for consumers.

The New York Times writes that Google (GOOG) is seeing a substantial amount of traffic to it mobile search content from customers using Apple (AAPL) iPhones.

The New York Times reports that Amazon (AMZN) will start a free song promotion to try to take business from Apple iTunes.

The FT writes that Kuwait will put $4 billion into Merrill Lynch (MER).

The FT reports that GE (GE) plans to double its renewable energy investment to $6 billion by 2010.

Bloomberg writes that efforts by China to slow its growth may be coming at a bad time for the global economy.

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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