Media Digest 8/1/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, GM (GM) is expected to post a huge loss.

Reuters reports that oil company profits rose, but Exxon (XOM) missed its numbers.

Reuters reported that stressed banks borrowed a record amount from the Fed last week.

Reuters writes that Yahoo!’s (YHOO) annual meeting is expected to the quiet.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) told managers that it Democrats win the next election if will be easier for the company’s workers to unionize.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Motorola (MOT) made a small profit.

The Wall Street Journal write that the former CEO of Bear Stearns will not stay with JP Morgan (JPM).

The Wall Street Journal reports that GMAC’s loss may have caused credit ratings drops at some of the large car companies.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the FCC will reprimand Comcast (CMCSA) for blocking some customers from using file sharing programs which use large amounts of bandwidth.

The Wall Street Journal reports that IBM (IBM) will build a new large data center for corporate customers.

The Wall Street Journal reports that CBS will sell 50 radio station.

The Wall Street Journal reports that multiple-sclerosis patients treated treated with Biogen’s  drug Tysabri contracted a potentially deadly brain infection.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Bristol-Myers (BMY) has offered to buy ImClone.

The New York Times reports that some data points to a recession.

The New York Times reports that high fuel costs could delay some airline orders from Boeing (BA).

The FT reports that prices of crude oil fell in July by an amount not seen in 20 years.

Bloomberg writes that Nissan’s profits dropped 43%, mostly due to falling light truck sales.

Bloomberg reports that British Air dropped sales forecasts due to a 90% fall-off in profits and high oil prices.

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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