Media Digest 6/6/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, a survey of sovereign wealth funds found concerns about their investment is overblown.

Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) will buy Alltel for over $28 billion.

Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) faces an SEC probe on subprime mortgage contracts

Reuters writes that Fed officials are split on its role as a market savior.

Reuters writes that UBS (UBS) may have to reveal client names in a probe of its practices in the US.

The Wall Street Journal writes that problems with many banks will get worse as they deal with home and condo loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that National City (NCC) is under scrutiny by US regulators.

The Wall Street Journal writes that a survey of soveign fund practices finds that they often take controlling intersting in the companies that they put money into.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Ambac (ABK) and MBIA (MBI) were downgraded from the AAA ratings.

The Wall Street Journal writes that S&P, Moddy’s (MCO), and Fitch agreed to change their ratings practices.

The Wall Street Journal writes that job cuts have made the car companies in Detroit nearly as productive as Japanese rivals.

The New York Times says one in eleven mortgage holders face payment problems.

The New York Times reports that sales soared at Take-Two (TTWO).

The FT says the head of BP (BP) has asked Russia to abide by the rule of law in management of its oil firms.

The FT writes that European banks have been hit harder by the credit crisis that those in the US.

The FT writest ath GM (GM) has defended its reliance on SUVs.

Bloomberg writes that Lehman (LEH) may raise it capital leve by as much as $5 billion.

Bloomberg writes that a Brazilian oil field may cost up to $240 billion to develop.

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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