Media Digest 4/25/2008 Reuters,WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, two Chinese citizens have filed a $1.3 billion suit against CNN(TWX) for insulting the people in their country.

Reuters reports that Honda’s net fell and that the company said the yen would hurt results in 2009.

Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) made a final threat that it "reveal new plans" if Yahoo! (YHOO) will not negotiate a buy-out.

Reuters writest that Wall St. was disappointed by Microsoft’s numbers.

Reuters reports that results at American Express (AXP) fell.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the FHA spent $157 million last year to keep lenders from foreclosing on properties. That numbers is likely to rise.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AOL (TWX) is bringing more people to its website but not getting much greater ad dollars from the extra visitors.

The Wall Street Journal reports that banks increased their use of the Fed’s discount window last week.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the compensation for Countrywide (CFC) CEO Mozilo dropped almost 80% last year.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Delta (DAL) and Northwest (NWA) defended their proposed merger to Congress.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Motorola (MOT) handset sales fell 39% last quarter.

The New York Times writes that foreclosures are spreading to affluent areas.

The New York Times reports that Ford (F) posted a surprise profit.

The New York Times reports that inflation hit a 10-year high in Japan.

The FT writes that TPG is in talks with Merrill Lynch (MER) about putting more money into the brokerage.

Bloomberg writes that shares of Ericsson (ERIC) rallied considerably on strong results.

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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