Media Digest 2/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

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According to Reuters, GM (GM) offered buy-outs to workers after posting a large Q4 loss.

Reuters writes that Warren Buffett offered to insure $800 billion worth of bonds currently insured by monoline insurance companies.

Reuters reports that a major investor in Yahoo! (YHOO) has urged Microsoft (MSFT) to raise its takeover bid.

Reuters writes that Venezuela has halted its oil supplies to Exxon (XOM)

Reuters writes that a service outage could hurt the status of the RIM (RIMM) Blackberry.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Hollywood writers have voted to end their walk-out.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the credit crisis is causing a halt of some student loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Delta’s (DAL) CEO has waived his merger pay package.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google (GOOG) seems to be losing interest in a possible advertising venture with Yahoo!.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Legg Mason has a stake of nearly 15% in Countrywide Credit (CFC).

The Wall Street Journal reports that Delphi is having trouble coming out of Chapter 11 because of lack of funds due to the credit crunch.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Citigroups (C) will support six more SIVs on its books.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the cut in rates by the Fed is helping drive chearper mortgage rates in the hyper-hot Hong Kong real estate market.

The New York Times writes that many experts believe that the Bush plan to help homeowners fell well short of what was needed to help those who are having trouble making payments.

According to the FT, European official raided Intel’s (INTC) offices in Germany.

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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