Media Digest 3/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, gas price are at $3.20 a gallon and could rise another $.20 to $.30 in the next month.

Reuters writes that Chevron will develop two major projectsw in Asia.

Reuters reports that its survey of analysts shows that earnings in Q1 and Q2 will be flat compared to a year earlier.

Reuters reports that Taiwan Semiconductor sees its chip sales for PCs slowing.

The Wall Street Journal writes that although stocks in the S&P 500 are down 17% since October, they may not be as cheap as they seem.

The Wall Street Journal reports that analysts are revising their projections for oil prices higher.

The head of the FCC says that Comcast (CMCSA) violated the "net neutrality" principles by cutting bandwidth use for some customers.

The Wall Street Journal writes that VW plans to triple its sales in the US.

The New York Times writes that the six largest cable companies will form a company to sell targeted ads for them.

The New York Times reports that the number of people watching full-length programs online is increasing.

The FT writes that Microsoft (MSFT) plans to go slowly in its integration of Yahoo! (YHOO) technology, if buyout goes through.

The FT reports that New York governor Elliot Spitzer played a behind the scenes role in the rescue of Ambac (ABK).

The FT reports that Bank of America (BAC) is under pressure not to put a key Countrywide (CFC) executive in charge of the company once BAC buys it.

Bloomberg reports that bond investors are betting that the Fed has lost control of inflation.

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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