News Digest 8/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM) lost $1.5 billion in July.

Reuters writes the UBS (UBS) posted a huge loss and will split itself into a wealth management operation and an investmen bank.

Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) lost $9.11 billion and cut more jobs than it initially announced.

Reuters writes that Morgan Stanley (MS) is trying to cut an auction-rate deal with New York state.

Reuters reports that Countrywide faces an FTC investigation.

The Wall Street Journal reports that airline stocks are continuing their upswing.

The Wall Street Journal reports that securities backed by consumer loans are making Wall St. concerned about the health of consumers and businesses.

The Wall Street Journal reports that AMD (AMD) will release a new graphics card to challenge Nvidia (NVDA).

The Wall Street Journal reports the Ebay (EBAY) customers are starting to take their businees elsewhere.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Liberty is open to swapping its stake in Time Warner (TWX) for the AOL dial-up business.

The Wall Street Journal reports that banks are continuing to tighten credit for businesses and consumers.

The Wall Stree Journal reports that S&P cut some ratings on Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE).

The Wall Street Journal says Circuit City (CC) is haveing trouble finding a buyer.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ford (F) promises to build better small cars.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Toyota (TM) may start exporting cars from the US.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the FTC plans hearings on the Whole Foods (WFMI) merger.

The New York Times reports that investors are struggling with the effects of the war between Russia and Georgia.

The New York Times writes that pilots have asked that the CEO of United (UAUA) step down.

The FT reports that institutional investor believe that another large financial firm will fail.

Bloomberg reports that one-third of Americans owe mortgages which are worth more than their houses.

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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