Media Digest 9/30/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published
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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, the credit crisis has sharply increased the chances of a deep recession.

Reuters reports that the fall in the stock market is pushing investors into safe investments like Treasuries.

Reuters reports that a freeze up in money markets may cause a rate cut.

Reuters reports that Citigroup (C) bought most of Wachovia’s (WB) assets.

Reuters reports that financial turmoil drove oil down to $96.

Reuters writes that Bain Capital LLC and Hellman & Friedman LLC bought Neuberger Berman from Lehman for $2.15 billion.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the credit crisis will accelerate corporate lay-offs.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) received grand-jury subpoenas seeking data on accounting, disclosures and corporate-governance matters.

The Wall Street Journal reports the the market drop may cause hedge funds to sell more holdings.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Pfizer (PFE) will stop doing research on many heart disease drugs.

The Wall Street Journal reports that consumer spending was flat in August.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple (AAPL) fell sharply on demand concerns.

The Wall Street Journal reports that California congressmen defended the Google (GOOG) deal to sell ads for Yahoo! (YHOO).

The Wall Street Journal reports that sales problems at Circuit City (CC) are getting worse.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Morgan Stanley (MS) completed a deal to sell a 21% stake to Mitsubishi.

The FT reports the US car companies face more expense cuts.

Bloomberg writes that the US economy is headed for a deeper slump even if the rescue bill is passed.

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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