Media Digest 2/26/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business.

Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI) is moving to help bring stability to the credit markets.

Reuters reports that Visa plans an $18.8 billion IPO.

Reuters also writes that Sony (SNE) will own a third of Sharp’s LCD plant.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the US Treasury wants more disclosure from sovereign funds and will meet with those from Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

The Wall Street Journal writes that IBM (IBM) will launch a new mainframe to lift sales.

The Wall Street Journal writes that MBIA (MBI) eliminated its quarterly dividend to save money

The Wall Street Journal writes that Microsft (MSFT) is cutting key deals for its virtualization software to better compete with industry leader VMWare (VMW).

The Wall Street Journal reports that online ad revenue topped $21 billion in 2007.

The Wall Street Journal says the FCC warned Comcast (CMCSA) about slowing some broadband connections to selected customers.

The New York TImes writes that Ford (F) is pushing buy-outs to its workers.

The New York Time writes that Nielsen is trying to start new services to measure internet and cellphone use.

The FT writes that wheat prices had their largest one-day price increase ever.

The FT writes that VMWare has cut a deal to ship its software in some Dell (DELL), HP (HPQ), and IBM (IBM) servers.

Bloomberg writes that UnitedHealth has received govenment approval to buy Sierra Health.

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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