Media Digest 9/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   If China opens its financial markets it could cause a huge bubble.

Reuters:   US regulators may ban “flash” trading.

Reuters:   Buffett may control the Kraft (KFT) decision to buy Cadbury.

Reuters:   Palm (PALM) was helped by Pre sales, but the company will sell new stock

Reuters:   Microsoft (MSFT) will file a lawsuit against “malvertisers.” which are harmful online advertisers.

Reuters:   American (AMR), BA, and Qantas may make a joint investment in JAL.

Reuters:   The new pay “czar” is out in public speaking about his plans for Wall St. compensation.

Reuters:   Citigroup’s (C) Pandit said $100 million is too much to pay a banker like his head of commodities trading.

Reuters:   Google (GOOG) will revamp its DoubleClick unit to move into the display ad business.

Reuters:   The CEO of Airbus says it faces two more tough years.

Reuters:   Symbian says it can keep half of the smartphone market.

WSJ:   US bankers face sweeping pay curbs.

WSJ:   Household wealth moved up 3.9% in the second quarter

WSJ:   AMR (AMR) raised $2.9 billion.

WSJ:   Intel (INTC) will move into the “system on a chip” market.

WSJ:   GM will help American Axle avoid Chapter 11.

WSJ:   The US will file concerns over the Google (GOOG) deal with publishers.

WSJ:   The heads of Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) say economy is more stable.

WSJ:   The founder of Netscape will join the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board.

WSJ:   Barclays (BCS) faces a long road to health.

WSJ:   Federal limits on ownership of media companies are hurting a bid to help Citadel.

WSJ:   Mortgage rates are dropping closer to 5%.

WSJ:   Natural gas prices fell on profit taking.

WSJ:   Assets held by Legg Mason rose.

WSJ:   Amazon (AMZN) is expanding its private label business to diversity away from its own e-commerce revenue.

WSJ:   FedEx (FDX) was upbeat on its future prospects.

WSJ:   Democrats are pushing the FCC to improve “net neutrality”.

NYT:   The recovery is accelerating in China while lagging in the US.

NYT:   Google’s (GOOG) new display ad program could hurt Yahoo! (YHOO).

NYT:   Congress may push medical journals toward new disclosure about authors.

NYT:   US housing starts hit a nine-year high.

NYT:   Banker pay will face potential limits at a G 20 summit.

NYT:   Airbus sees long-term demand for aircraft.

NYT:   Swiss banks backed withholding taxes for income from foreign investors.

FT:   Citigroup (C) may spin off its oil trading unit.

FT:   Japan is moving to cut its stimulus programs.

FT:   The SEC is tightening its grip on credit ratings agencies.

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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