Media Digest 7/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   A tech alliance between China and Taiwas is hurting Korea.

Reuters:   Spple (AAPL) easily beat forecasts.

Reuters:   CIT (CIT) still faces a number of financial challenges.

Reuters:   Yahoo!’s (YHOO) outlook was below expectations.

Reuters:   Bernanke says unemployment could hurt the recovery.

Reuters:   IBM (IBM) strengthened its alliance with Juniper (JNPR).

Reuters:   LG profits moved up on TV and handset sales.

Reuters:   UAL (UAUA) and Continental (CAL) posted weak results.

Reuters:   Investors are looking at small biotechs after the success of Human Genome.

WSJ:   Two arbitration firms will stop hearing credit card disputes which will hurt the industry and cellphone firms.

WSJ:   P&G (PG) is closer to selling its drug unit.

WSJ:   Bernanke told Congress that the deficit is becoming a larger danger.

WSJ:   Charles Haldeman became CEO of Freddie Mac (FRE).

WSJ:   S&P reversed ratings on mortgage bonds back by commercial property one week after its initial opinion.

WSJ:   Southwest Air (LUV) turned a profit.

WSJ:   Starbucks (SBUX) posted an impressive profit.

WSJ:   Cisco (CSCO) and HP (HPQ) are competing in the video conferencing business.

WSJ:   Microsoft (MSFT) ended a vendor financing deal with CIT (CIT).

WSJ:   Developers Diversified Realty is preparing TALF deals.

WSJ:   Wells Fargo (WFC) is developing capital problems.

WSJ:   Calpers had its worst year, down 23%.

WSJ:   Google (GOOG) has a cease fire with Apple (AAPL), but not Microsoft (MSFT).

WSJ:   A bright future in Macau prompted stock sales plans by Wynn (WYNN) and Sands.

WSJ:   The net at Coke (KO) was helped by India and China.

NYT:   Biologic drugs are sparking a debate over how quickly copycat products can be marketed.

FT:   China will deploy some of its $2 trillion in foreign reserves overseas to support its expansion overseas and aid Chinese companies in buying foreign assets.

FT:   BlackRock’s (BLK) CEO attacked Wall St. trading profits.

FT:   US ratings agencies appear to have dodged a forced overhaul.

FT:   A settlement of California’s deficit fight could push the state further into recession.

Bloomberg:   A survey gave Bernanke top ranking among central bank chiefs for handling the credit crisis.

Bloomberg:   Investors are taking on more risk with a preference for putting money into Asia.

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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