Media Digest 7/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, the govenment will bail-out Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) through a combination of stock purchases and loans.

Reuters reports that InBev will buy Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for $52 billion.

Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) rejected a proposal from Microsoft (MSFT) and Icahn to break up the company.

Reuters reports that analysts expect more banks to fail on the heels of the government taking over IndyBac.

Reuters reports the SEC and other agencies will crack down on the use of rumors by short sellers.

The Wall Street Journal reports that bond ratings agencies are likley to have new regulations not unlike those put on stock exchanges.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Nvidia (NVDA) is trying to fend off problems its new product is having with PC makers.

The New York Times writes that at least 150 banks could fail over the next year.

The FT writes that KPMG’s Global M&A Predictor sees a sharp downturn in buy-out activity by corporations.

Bloomberg with that Petrobas oil workers went on strike which could cut Brazil’s oil output by half.

Bloomberg reports that the Sony (SNE) PS3 is gaining on Microsoft (MSFT) with Blu-ray and new games.

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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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