Media Digest 2/21/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, Societe Generale filed its financial information and confirmed its huge trading loss.

Reuters writes that the sale of 3Com (COMS) has come apart because a piece of the company would be sold to a firm in China.

Reuters reports that NIke (NKE) is up against a group of quickly growing local brands in China.

Reuters writes that GMAC has cut 930 jobs in it auto loan operation.

The Wall Street Journal reports that economists fear the return of stagflation.

The Wall Street Journal writes that drug markers are raising prices on some drugs to milk them for profit before their patents expire.

The Wall Street Journal writes that several attorneys general are looking into the marketing of caffinated alcohol drinks and have asked from documents from firms including Anheuser-Busch (BUD).

The Wall Street Joural reports that Apple (AAPL) and Adobe (ADBE) are in a dispute about how soon the iPod will begin to use Adobe’s Flash video player.

The Wall Street Journal writes that T-Mobile is rollin out an internet calling program aimed at replacing home phones.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Google (GOOG) and the Cleveland Clinic are working on a plan to give patients more access to their records.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will start to sell video ads on third party sites.

The New York Times writes that the price of oil staying above $100 a barrel is raising economic concerns.

The FT say GE (GE) will clamp down on flaws in its accounting system

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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