Media Digest 9/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   China say data show the US tire tariffs are unfair.

Reuters:   A Fed policy debate has begun now that the recession is over.

Reuters:   The world’s wealth is down 11% and the number of millionaires has fallen

Reuters:   A pact between Bank of America (BAC) and the SEC was killed in court.

Reuters:   The US is considering selling some of its Citigroup (C) shares.

Reuters:   Airline rivals are vying for an investment in Japan Air to get access to its Asia routes.

Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has launched a line of ultra-thin notebooks.

Reuters:   Obama asked Wall St. to support regulatory reforms.

WSJ:   The US govt intervention in the housing market is the only reason it is functioning at all ,making an exit hard.

WSJ:   Toys R Us is setting up 350 stores that will only be open during heavy shopping periods.

WSJ:   Chrysler sales are expected to fall sharply this fall.

WSJ:   Intel (INTC) set up a race for the job as the firm’s next CEO.

WSJ:   A new reports shows protectionist measures are rising.

WSJ:   Ely Lilly (LLY) will cut jobs as an important patent expires.

WSJ:   Microsoft’s (MSFT) Silverlight has closed the gap with rival Adobe (ADBE) Flash.

WSJ:   Beijing Automotive is seeking strategic alliances with car companies outside of China.

WSJ:   Intuit (INTU) bought personal software firm Mint for $170 million.

WSJ:   AIG’s (AIG) airplane finance business is in trouble.

WSJ:   Many of the world’s largest banks urged the G-20 to keep up stimulus efforts.

WSJ:   The UK and Belgium are worried that the Opel sale will mean closings of their auto plants.

WSJ:   NEC, Casio, and Hitachi will merge their handset operations.

WSJ:   Yahoo! (YHOO) will sell part of its stake in Alibaba.

NYT:   Obama’s chance to reform Wall St. is fading.

NYT:   Labor cheered the tire tariffs.

NYT:   Google (GOOG) released a new news reading service.

NYT:   Japan is struggling to balance growth and job stability.

NYT:   Dubai’s investment arm is in trouble and has laid off staff.

NYT:   Economists told the president of France that GDP is not a complete measure of economic health.

FT:   GE (GE) is bolstering its wind power operations.

FT:   Siemen’s (SI) is trying to change its image in the US by making it more of a local company.

Bloomberg: The banking industry in Eastern Europe could hurt the recovery in the region.

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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