Media Digest 8/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   Senator Edward Kennedy died at age 77.

Reuters:   The US Postal System is seeking 30,000 job cuts.

Reuters:   US housing and confidence data moved up.

Reuters:   White House and CBO debt revisions will challenge Obama.

Reuters:   Dealer inventory and cash are low as the “clunkers” program ends.

Reuters:   Colonial BancGroup filed for Chapter 11.

Reuters:   Trading on the NYSE was dominated by four financial firms over the last two days:  Citigroup (C), Fannie Mae (FNM),  Bank of America (BAC), and Freddie Mac (FRE).

Reuters:   Toyota (TM) will cut capacity to match sales.

Reuters:   Wall St. seemed unconcerned about Goldman Sachs (GS) tipping some of its research to major clients.

WSJ:   Calm during the crisis won Bernanke his reappointment.

WSJ:   Companies will fight to weaken the “proxy access” rule.

WSJ:   The national debt will reach $9 trillion duringthe next decade.

WSJ:   Car makers are introducing less expensive luxury vehicles.

WSJ:   REITs are ready to pick up properties from faltering holders.

WSJ:   The FAA is opening a parts probe at Southwest (LUV).

WSJ:   A federal judge ripped the SEC on its settlement with Bank of America (BAC).

WSJ:   Private-equity investor Guy Hands may put $350 million into a wind farm business.

WSJ:   With consumers doing badly, business may have to lead the recovery.

WSJ:   The CFTC is seeking more funds to expand its regulatory role.

WSJ:   Hedge funds increased their holdings in financial stocks by 70% in the second quarter.

WSJ:   Bernanke will have to unwind the Feds huge investments without hurting the banking industry.

WSJ:   Sony (SNE) launched its new e-reader.

WSJ:   Borders (BGP) posted a loss as it restructures.

NYT:   The popularity of Twitter is being driven by middle aged adults.

NYT:   Food prices are likely to start moving up.

NYT:   Food prices will start moving up.

NYT:   French bankers will accept curbs on their compensation.

FT:   Yahoo! (YHOO) bought an Arabic language portal.

Bloomberg:   Investing in Roubini’s view of the economy has proved disastrous.

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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