Media Digest 3/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomerg

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

newspaper25According to Reuters, the Obama financial reforms face a bumpy road.

Reuters reports that the NY State Attorney General has subpoenaed AIG (AIG) over its CDS contracts.

Reuters reports that Obama’s financial remedies may face pushback at the G20 summit.

Reuters writes that Greenspan thinks big banks should not become too big.

Reuters reports that there is tension at Nomura over Lehman bonuses.

Reuters reports that Obama says he will help US automakers.

Reuters reports that The Washington Post (WPO) and New York Times (NYT) cut jobs.

Reuters writes that extra regulations may stabilize US bank profits.

Reuters reports that US hedge funds and private equity firms are concerned about potential new regulations.

Reuters reports that the Fed’s Plosser says that the US economy has a “pretty ugly” outlook.

Reuters reports that Google (GOOG) will cut 200 sales staff.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the top risk officers have stayed at AIG.

The Wall Street Journal reports that budget gaps are pitting states against unions.

The Wall Street Journal reports that MGM Grand (MGM) may go bankrupt.

The Wall Street Journal reports that GM (GM) is unlikely to make the deadline for submitting is restructuring plan.

The Wall Street Journal reports that software companies are resorting to giving away free software.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a solid auction lifted Treasuries.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama budget is gaining support in the Senate.

The Wall Street Journal reports that and IMF loan will help Serbia.

The Wall Street Journal reports that store brands are hurting big food firms.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon (AMZN) will close some facilities.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Infosys will look at US acquisitions.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will link TV ads with YouTube.

The Wall Street Journal reports that profits fell at the sharpest level in 55 years.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the home building sector is not out of the woods.

The Wall Street Journal reports that home prices may have much further to fall.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Dell (DELL) is looking at acquisitions.

The Wall Street Journal reports that AMR (AMR) is faulting a House bill to restrict airline alliances.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia (NVDA) stared a countersuit against Intel (INTC).

The Wall Street Journal reports that stock price declines are triggering more repricing of options.

The Wall Street Journal reports that there is rising fear of oil price increases.

The FT reports that the SEC will tighten oversight.

The FT reports that GM (GM) is making a new plan taking into account a weak US car market.

Bloomberg reports that Obama will seek support of his bank plan from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs (GS), and Citigroup (C).

Bloomberg reports that Japan is heading toward deflation.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
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.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

CBOE Vol: 1,568,143
PSKY Vol: 12,285,993
STX Vol: 7,378,346
ORCL Vol: 26,317,675
DDOG Vol: 6,247,779

Top Losing Stocks

LKQ
LKQ Vol: 4,367,433
CLX Vol: 13,260,523
SYK Vol: 4,519,455
MHK Vol: 1,859,865
AMGN Vol: 3,818,618