Media Digest 7/29/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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Newspaper_2According to Reuters, Merrill Lynch (MER) said that it would sell $8.5 billion in stock and take large write-downs.

Reuters report that KKR says the market slump is a good time to go public.

Reuters reports that the FDIC said that only 13% of the banks on its watch list fail.

Reuters reports that the head of JetBlue (JBLU) will take a 50% pay cut as the airline struggles.

Reuters writes that both the chairman and the CEO of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) will leave.

Reuters reports that Sony (SNE) is in talks to buy-out Sony BMG.

The Wall Street Journal writes that GMAC will suspending leasing in Canada.

The Wall Street Journal writes that retailer Mervyn’s may file for Chapter 11.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Unilever will exit the US laundry detergent business.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Oracle (ORCL) filed new charges against SAP (SAP) for stealing trade secrets.

The Wall Street Journal reports that high crude prices will hurt refining and marketing margins at large oil companies.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Toyota (TM) cuts its global sales forecast.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon’s (VZ) profits were pushed up by wireless growth.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sirius (SIRI) narrowed its loss though subscriber growth.

The New York Times writes that GM (GM) is changing logos in Europe to show that "something is happening with the brands."

The New York Times reports that growth of Verizon’s TV service was disappointing.

Reuters reports that Sony’s (SNE) net dropped on poor cell phone sales.

The FT reports that the US recession is hitting the wealthy

The FT writes that oil companies are turning to new innovation to bring in new crude after years of caution.

Bloomberg reports that Siemens (SI) may post higher earnings on demand for power plants.

Douglas A. McIntye

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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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