Media Digest 12/29/2008 Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

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NewspaperAccording to Reuters, Kuwait canceled a $17 billion joint venture with Dow Chemical (DOW).

Reuters reports that Credit Suisse (CS) clients may have lost $926 million on the Madoff scam.

Reuters reports that GMAC will release the results of its debt swap.

Reuters reports that insurers in Japan as seeking mergers as the financial crisis deepens.

Reuters writes that JC Flowers is close to buying some IndyMac assets.

Reuters reports that credit card companies face more troubles.

Reuters writes that oil jumped 5% on violence in the Middle East.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the culture of Wall St. changed radically with the closure of Lehman.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the holiday season is likely to be one of the worst ever for online sales.

The Wall Street Journal reports that strong weekend sales boosted Hollywood.

The Wall Street Journal reports that defensive stocks including Pepsi (PEP), Pfizer (PFE), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) have lost their stature after posting losses.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the chaos of the Lehman bankruptcy may have increased losses by $75 billion.

The Wall Street Journal reports that hope has faded for a comeback of video games for Sony (SNE) due to disappointing sales of the PS3.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Treasury sales may be hurt by cautious investors.

The Wall Street Journal reports that dividend cuts could hurt closed end funds.

The New York Times reports that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is pushing into the data warehousing business.

The New York Times reports that labor unions are looking for better times under Obama.

The New York Times reports that Cisco (CSCO) is moving into home electronics with a digital stereo.

The New York Times reports that the credit crisis is hurting American relationships with China.

The FT reports that Obama is working on government spending and tax cuts worth $850 billion.

The FT reports that the music industry is looking to the Internet for a revival.

The FT reports that emerging economies may face trouble raising money as established economies vie for a smaller pie.

The FT reports that China IPOs in 2008 only raised $22 billion, falling behind the US.

Bloomberg reports that Russia devalued the ruble sending it to a record low against the euro.

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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