Media Digest 2/152008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, Citigroup says UBS (UBS) may face another $18 billion in write-downs this year.

Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan says the US is on the edge of recession.

Reuters writes that the credit crunch looms large for small business.

Reuters reports that Microsoft (MSFT) has shaken up the team that runs its online business.

The Wall Street Journal write that Citigroup (C) has barred withdrawals from a hedge fund which made a big bet on corporate loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Baxter Internatioal (BAX) is focusing on a plant in China for problems with its drug Heparin.

The Wall Street Journal writes that demand for grain is producing a boom for the agricultural industry.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Gannett (GCI), Hearst, New York Times (NYT) and Tribune are creating an online ad-sales network that will include more than 120 papers

The Wall St Journal writes that Gov Spitzer gave bond insurers a few days to work out their problems.

The New York Times writes that muncipalities are feeling the credit crunch.

The New York Times writes that its flagship paper will lay-off 100 people.

The New York Times writes that the market for auction-rate securities is frozen.

The FT writes that big banks have been advised to walk away from big buy-outs even if they have to pay fees to do so.

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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