Media Digest 11/26/2008

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According to Reuters, Paulson has turned his back on giving insurance companies part of the bailout

Reuters reports that Rio Tinto (RTP) is faced with selling assets,

Reuters reports that the head of Citigroup (C) says banks "went wrong" on real estate.

Reuters writes that Goldman Sachs (GS) has broken off talks with Panasonic over a possible deal to sell its stake in Sanyo.

Reuters writes that the Fed sent another $40 billion to AIG (AIG).

Reuters reports that the economy shrank at the fastest pace in seven years.

The Wall Street Journal writes that as oil prices are falling oil companies are conserving cash.

The Wall Street Journal reports that tech shares may fall further

The Wall Street Journal reports that Tivo (TIVO) forecast a loss.

The New York Times reports that the great growth engine in China is slowing.

The New York Times reports that Morgan Stanley (MS) is working on a makeover as it becomes a bank.

The New York Times reports that the first audit of the $700 billion financial rescue plan is expected to be critical of the Treasury Department’s failure to set up ways to track how its bailout money is being used.

The FT reports that the FDIC may be low on funds to takeover troubled banks.

Bloomberg reports that the Fed risks spiting in the wind with its new $800 billion package.

Bloomberg reports that dividends are disappearing at the fastest rate since 1958.

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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