Media Digest 7/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   The US may give CIT (CIT) short term loans.

Reuters:   Intel (INTC) issued a positive forecast and indicated that the PC market may be improving.

Reuters:   The US CPI was up more than expected.

Reuters:   Obama is considering a rental option for homeowners so that they can stay in their homes.

Reuters:   Calpers may sue rating agencies over bad calls.

Reuters:   A member of the Fed says the US recovery will be very slow.

Reuters:   Boeing (BA) may cut 1,000 jobs.

Reuters:   Dell (DELL) says hardware upgrades are helping margins.

WSJ:   JPMorgan (JPM) is taking a tougher stance against the government and some clients.

WSJ:   The healthcare bill would hit small business.

WSJ:   China’s Greely auto company is going after Detroit’s share around the world.

WSJ:   Inventories are not signaling an upturn.

WSJ:   Lead bidders for a large AIG (AIG) units have withdrawn.

WSJ:   Generics hurt J&J’s (JNJ) net.

WSJ:   Yum results show restaurants are offering sharp discounts.

WSJ:   The US rental market is in bad shape.

WSJ:   China is trying to increase its leverage against iron ore suppliers.

WSJ:   Apple’s App store is a way to seek fame and fortune.

WSJ:   Monsanto is bringing back an effort to engineer wheat.

WSJ:   TV networks are joining a Comcast (CMCSA) internet delivery test.

WSJ:   The New York Times (NYT) will sell its NYC radio station.

NYT:   Part-time workers mask unemployment

NYT:   Refinancings are helping bank earnings.

FT:   A coalition will attack a plan to expand Fed powers.

FT:   China’s forex reserves hit $2,000 billion.

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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