Media Digest 8/20/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, US inflation rose as the housing market continued to be troubled.

Reuters reports that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) beat Wall St. expectations.

Reuters reports that Ebay (EBAY) will drop some of its listings fees.

Reuters reports that Fed officials said they must be ready to curb inflation.

Reuters reports that Goodyear will close stores and cut staff.

Reuters writes that GM (GM) will extend warranties on its used cars.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Freddie Mac (FRE) was forced to pay very high rates to raise $3 billion fueling speculation of a bail out.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wachovia (WB) sold $40 million in troubled real estate loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that growth at India’s IT companies is starting to slow.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Intel (INTC) is working on improving chip performance without increasing power consumption.

The Wall Street Journal reports that some energy traders are betting the oil be have another bull run.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Target (TGT) will slow its expansion.

The Wall Street Journal writes that cellphone sales fell 13% in the last quarter.

The New York Times reports that Chrysler’s owners will give management more time to fix the company.

The New York Times reports that consumers who cannot sell houses are focusing on home repairs.

The New York Times reports that Palm (PALM) is trying to increase its share among business users.

The FT reports that GM (GM) is making a "U-turn" on using sales incentives.

The FT reports that Barclays (BCS) may buy an asset manager in the US.

The FT writes that Intel (INTC) is bullish on its new Atom processor for small wireless devices.

Bloomberg writes that a bail-out for Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) may hinge on a roll-over of $223 billion in debt.

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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