Media Digest 3/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards.

Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with it lenders, setting up a liquidation.

Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) expects North America demand to be unchanged this year.

Reuters reports that Electronic Arts (ERTS) plans to make a tender offer for Take-Two (TTWO) shares.

Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) will announce a new service for ad publishers which could pull in additional revenue for their partners.

Reuters writes that the CEO of JP Morgan (JPM) says that the US is likely to be in recession.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Southwest (LUV) has grounded dozens of planes

The Wall Street Journal reports that Chicago Mercantile Exchange parent CME Group may announce a definitive plan as early as next week to buy energy-exchange operator Nymex Holdings.

The Wall Street Journal reports that DirecTV (DTV) will begin an "on demand" service.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Delphi’s plans to exit Chapter 11 are in disarray.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Target (TGT) is in talks to sell part of its credit card business.

The New York Times reports that internet use could outrun capacity by 2011.

The FT writes that oil moved above $110 as the dollar fell.

Bloomberg writes that the Fed’s attempts to cut rates quicky could hurt inflation goals for the US.

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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