Media Digest 8/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, the FDIC may have to borrow money from Treasury to see it though a wave of bank failures.

Reuters reports that Lehman (LEH) has asked three investment firms to stay in the bidding for its money management arm.

Reuters reports that the NY Attorney General is looking at the relationship between Goldman Sachs (GS) and Fidelity in the sale of auction-rate securities.

Reuters reports that profits at China Mobile (CHL) rose substantially in Q2.,

Reuters writes that Mattel (MAT) $100 million in damages in the copyright infringement case it brought against MGA Entertainment Inc over the Bratz doll franchise.

Reuters writes that Southwest (LUV) will cut 200 flights early next year.

The Wall Street Journal reports that banks now face the challenge of paying back hundreds of billion of dollars that they borrowed before the credit crunch.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Fed is split on how to handle inflation.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Boeing (BA) has softened its stance with unions.

The Wall Street Journal reports that HP (HPQ) closed its deal to buy EDS.

The Wall Street Journal reports that advertising fell sharply at The New York Times Company (NYT) during July.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly (LLY) disclosed more deaths from their diabetes drug Byetta

The Wall Street Journal reports that more builders of commercial property are turning to hedge funds for capital.

The Wall Street Journal writes that shares in Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) rose sharply as investor concern that they might be bailed out by the government faded.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Conoco (COP) will sell the rest of its gas stations.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia (NOK) introduced two new high-end handsets.

The New York Times reports that distributing power from wind energy is hard because of limitation in the nation’s power grid.

The New York Times writes that cities facing money problems my privatize the infrastructure.

The FT reports the pension funds are moving into the company debt and buy-out businesses.

Bloomberg reports that Singapore fund Temasek increased its investment in Merrill Lynch (MER)

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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