Media Digest 8/13/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: August 13, 2009 4:07 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:26 am

newspaper Reuters: Wal-Mart (WMT) will report results with Wall St. looking for sales growth.

Reuters: US home foreclosures set a record in July.

Reuters: Citigroup (C) hired outsiders to help with a management review.

Reuters: The former head of AIG (AIG) has offered $115 million to settle a suit.

Reuters: The Fed says the economy is stabilizing.

Reuters: The German and French economies returned to growth in the second quarter.

Reuters: The Citigroup (C) trader who is owed $100 million will be exempt from scrutiny by the pay czar.

WSJ: The Citigroup trader who is to make $100 million will probably have his pay modified.

WSJ: The creators of cap-and-trade are now advocating an emissions tax.

WSJ: Food firms are warning of a sugar shortage.

WSJ: The WTO ordered China to open new channels for distribution of US films.

WSJ: UBS (UBS), the Swiss, and the US settled a dispute on disclosing customer identities.

WSJ: The SEC is filing a case against Pequot.

WSJ: Google (GOOG) is facing a suit over the purchase of On2 (ONT).

WSJ: The US monthly budget gap was $181 billion.

WSJ: Nasdaq and the NYSE (NYX) are battling over IPOs.

WSJ: Continental (CAL) will join the Star Alliance.

WSJ: A new Microsoft (MSFT) alliance with Nokia (NOK) is aimed at the RIM (RIMM) Blackberry.

WSJ: A new study shows that network ads on internet portals MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! (YHOO) are less effective than premium ads sold at content sites.

WSJ: Spending is the US is weak without the “clunkers” boost.

WSJ: Paulson bought 168 million shares in Bank of America (BAC).

WSJ: Improving bank profits may hurt the drive for regulation.

WSJ: Toll (TOL) says home buyers are slowly returning to the market

WSJ: VW and Porsche has set an agreement to merge.

WSJ: Redbox sued studios over access to films.

NYTimes: Sony (SNE) plans to adopt a common format for its e-books.

Douglas A. McIntyre is the former chairman and CEO of On2 (ONT).

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