Media Digest 9/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Ebay (EBAY) will sell Skype to private investors.

Reuters:   China’s manufacturing index gained.

Reuters:   A  late Labor Day will hurt August retail sales.

Reuters:   A US judge ruled against AIG (AIG) in a dispute with its former CEO.

Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) is offering to pay back part of its government bailout money.

Reuters:   Several regional surveys show the US economy picking up.

Reuters:   Boeing (BA) named a new head of its commercial plane unit.

Reuters:   The US pay czar will review compensation proposals from firms which still have TARP funds.

Reuters:   Carl Icahn cut his stake in Yahoo! (YHOO).

Reuters:   Southwest (LUV) is waiting for a decision from US officials about whether it will have to ground planes.

WSJ:   Disney (DIS) bought Marvel (MVL) for $4 billion.

WSJ:   Brazil plans to play a big role in producing crude from its newly discovered oil reserves.

WSJ:   Financial derivatives known as accumulators are making a comeback.

WSJ:   “Tobacco companies including Reynolds and Lorillard filed suit against the FDA alleging free-speech restrictions under new marketing regulations.”

WSJ:   The IRS will mine mortgage payment data.

WSJ:   WalMart.com (WMT) will allow other vendors to market products on the site.

WSJ:   Apple (AAPL) plans an iPod event for early this month.

WSJ:   Taxpayers are getting returns from trillions of dollars in government financial investments which may not last.

WSJ:   The creator of a Chinese clone of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows has become a local hero.

WSJ:   Dell (DELL) will sell Brocade’s (BRCD) network products.

WSJ:   The DJIA had its best August since 2000.

WSJ:   The dollar may lose its role as the No.1 world currency.

WSJ:   Viacom’s (VIA) Paramount unit will be hurt by the Disney (DIS) buyout of Marvel (MRVL).

WSJ:   E*Trade (ETFC) rose after one of its holders said it would not sell its stake.

WSJ:   Sony (SNE) will put Google’s (GOOG) Chrome browser on its PCs.

NYT:   China is tightening its grip on rare minerals.

NYT:   Pension advisers for GM may have their compensation reviewed by the pay czar.

NYT:   A new “green” venture fund has raised more than $1 billion.

NYT:   Chevron (CVX) accused Ecuador officials of taking bribes.

NYT:   The WTO approved sanctions against the US because of subsidies to cotton growers that hurt Brazil.

FT:   PetroChina (PTR) will buy into two Canadian oil sands projects for $1.4 billion.

Bloomberg:   The head of EADS still sees no rebound in global aircraft orders.

Douglas A. McIntyre