Media Digest 9/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, Warren Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs (GS).

Reuters says that the Paulson bailout plan is being attacked in Congress.

Reuters reports that Japanese banks, in trouble a decade ago, are buying into US financial stocks.

Reuters reports that hedge funds will probably not be included in the government bailout.

Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with Time Warner (TWX) to buy AOL.

Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) will open its first small grocery store.

Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) has signed a deal to take an $85 billion government loan.

Reuters writes that Chrysler lost $400 million through August.

The Wall Street Journal says that debate over the Paulson bill may sharply increase government regulation of financial firms.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI is examining actions at Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), and AIG (AIG).

The Wall Street Journal reports that a fund run by T. Boone Pickens is down about $1 billion this year.

The Wall Street Journal reports that short sale bans have hurt results at some mutual funds.

The Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile introduced a new phone powered by Google’s (GOOG) new handset software.

The Wall Street Journal reports that DuPont named a new CEO.

The Wall Street Journal writes that IBM (IBM) will open move server centers.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Cisco (CSCO) is stepping up its bet on corporate collaboration software.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Bernanke and Paulson described the details of the auction they would run to buy toxic bonds.

The Wall Street Journal reports the the Paulson plan could help bank balance sheet through the purchase of mortgage-related paper at a premium.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon (VZ) will offer wireless service without calling plan contracts.

The New York Times reports that Congress wants the bailout to be of more help to homeowners.

The New York Times writes that vulture investors will try to buy weak banks on the cheap.

The New York Times reports that the investigation into rising oil prices is expanding.

The FT reports that corporate America is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars in cash.

The FT reports that Sony Ericsson will offer an unlimited music plan for its phones.

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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