Media Digest 2/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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Accorrding to Reuters, GM (NYSE: GM) will have half of its cars running on ethanol by 2012.

Reuters writes that Cisco (NASD: CSCO) gave a weak forecast, moving tech shares down.

Reuters writes that some investors think BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) will have to sweaten its bid for R Tinto (NYSE: RTP) again.

Reuters reports that Warren Bufferr thinks problems at US bank is "poetic justice".

The Wall Street Journal writes that Delta (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest (NYSE: NWA) are closer to a merger.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the credit crunch is beginning to hit the UK economy.

The Wall Street Journal reports that efforts to rescue MBIA (NYSE: MBI) will not prevent it from being downgraded by credit agencies.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Macy’s (NYSE: M) will cut 2,500 jobs.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony (NYSE: SNE) beat out rivals to be No.1 in US TV sales for the holiday period.

The Wall Street Journal writes that earnings at EDS (NYSE: EDS) were hurt by an outsourcing slump.

The Wall Street Journal says S&P will revamp its ratings system to monitor conflicts of interest.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the number of cellphone users worldwide will top non-users this year.

The New York Times writes that Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will expand its in-store medical clinics.

The FT writes that Yahoo! (NASD: YHOO) says that a buy-out by Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) is not its only option.

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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