Media Digest 11/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, concerns about the global economy are growing as the G20 nations are meeting.

Reuters says that Congress challenged banks on how they would use bailout funds.

Reuters reports that companies including Honda (HMC), Home Depot (HD), and Dow Chemical (DOW) want the Fed to buy their commercial paper.

Reuters writes that RBS (RBS) will cut 3,000 jobs.

Reuters writes that EADS raised its financial targets for next year.

Reuters writes that Nissan will cut its Japan output further due to a recession in that country.

Reuters reports that Dow Jones has remained loyal to GM (GM) by keeping it in the DJIA.

Reuters writes that hedge funds see more regulation coming.

Reuters reports that the federal bailout may help the value of asset-backed securities.

Reuters reports that Kohl’s Corp (KSS) and Nordstrom (JWN) cut their financial outlooks.

The Wall Street Journal writes that banks are in a war to get new deposits by raising rates.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Citigroup (C) will make large job cuts and raise rates on its credit cards.

The Wall Street Journal reports that tensions are rising in labor negotiations between Boeing (BA) and the unions that represent white-collar engineers and technical workers.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wal-Mart (WMT) is defying the retail slowdown.

The Wall Street Journal reports that luxury good makers are cutting US prices.

The Wall Street Journal reports that there are culture clashes in the merger of Bank of America (BAC) and Merrill Lynch (MER)

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft (MSFT) will offer zero percent financing on some business software.

The Wall Street Journal reports that OPEC will try to stop the falling price of oil.

The Wall Street Journal writes that PC makers are scrambling to get more share of a shrinking market.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint (S) will offer some employees buyouts.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Treasury drew fire from Congress for shifting bailout fees away from buying toxic bank assets.

The Wall Street Journal reports that an auto industry bailout bill will probably not pass this year.

The Wall Street Journal reports that mortgage rates are still falling.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google’s (GOOG) ad model is being hurt because consumers will not even search for products during the recession.

The Wall Street Journal reports that credit rating agencies cut several car suppliers including Dana (DAN) and Magna (MGA).

The Wall Street Journal reports that NBC and Fox will start a pool to gather local news.

The New York Times reports that the FDA detained some Chinese products for testing.

The New York Times reports that Google (GOOG) added search by voice to Apple (AAPL) iPhone software.

The FT reports that Citigroup (C) CEO bought shares in the bank.

Bloomberg said Cerberus said it would give up future profits if the government would bailout Chrysler.

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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