Media Digest 7/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: July 29, 2009 3:59 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:25 am

newspaper Reuters: China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession.

Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal.

Reuters: The Senate may drop a public health care option.

Reuters: Honda (HMC) posted a profit and raised forecasts.

Reuters: An executive pay bill was approved by a House committee.

Reuters: AMR (AMR) is hoping to close an alliance with British Air and Iberia this year.

Reuters: Subprime lenders say US programs to help home loans in default may increase borrower costs.

Reuters: The CFTC plans to be more aggressive on limiting positions in certain instruments.

Reuters: American Express (AXP) is trying to get growth from its user base which is reluctant to spend.

Reuters: Many banks probably have too many branches.

WSJ: KKR plans an IPO of Dollar General.

WSJ: Nomura is having trouble trying to expand globally.

WSJ: Home prices are beginning to rise.

WSJ: ArceloMittal swung to a loss.

WSJ: GM plans to begin leasing cars again.

WSJ: IBM (IBM) bought SPSS for $1.2 billion.

WSJ: Sanofi-Aventis lifted its forecasts.

WSJ: New tech to follow web traffic is helping to stop viruses.

WSJ: China voiced concern over the rising US deficit.

WSJ: Oil companies are against Nigeria’s plan to overhaul its energy policies.

WSJ: Ambac’s(ABK) debt ratings were cut deeper into junk status.

WSJ: Earnings at some banks may not have recovered as much as investors believe.

WSJ: Gambling firm Station Casinos filed for Chapter 11.

WSJ: Sprint (S) got further into prepaid cellular by buying Virgin Mobile USA.

WSJ: Toyota (TM) kept its No.1 spot in global cars sales in the first half.

WSJ: GE (GE) says its efforts to shrink its financial unit and post a profit are on target.

WSJ: Apple (AAPL) won’t let Google (GOOG) distribute an internet telephone software package on the iPhone.

NYT: Shares in China’s larges home builder rose on its public trading debut.

NYT: Avtovaz, Russia’s largest car marker, may lay-off 27,000 people.

NYT: Condo sales in Miami are improving as prices plunge.

FT: Cable TV companies could be a payment mechanism to charge for online content.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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