Media Digest 9/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   Obama is asking the G 20 to reshape the global economy.

Reuters:   Congress will demand details of the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch deal.

Reuters:   Holiday spending is expected to be flat.

Reuters:   It may be too late to catch the turnaround in eBay’s (EBAY) stock.

Reuters:   Senator Dodd favors a bank “super cop”.

Reuters:   The Conference Board said pay provisions like golden parachutes should be abandoned.

Reuters:   FedEx (FDX), Cisco (CSCO) and Office Depot (ODP) were cautious about the economy.

Reuters:   NY insurance officials raised concerns about using Moody’s (MCO).

WSJ:   The US, Europe, and China are trying to set up plans to drive lasting growth.

WSJ:   Stocks may hit a bear market as the DJIA nears 10,000 up 46% in six months.

WSJ:   Banco Santander plans to raise more than $7 billion.

WSJ:   GM’s exits from the leasing business is hurting Cadillac.

WSJ:   Google’s (GOOG) digital book deal is being debated by the industry and attorneys general.

WSJ:   Wynn (WYNN) will try to raise $1.6 billion in an IPO.

WSJ:   Large websites are trying to cut out inventory from ad networks so that they can raise rates.

WSJ:   Yahoo! (YHOO) will launch an ad campaign.

WSJ:   New bank rules will probably hurt investor returns.

WSJ:   The IPO market is regaining momentum.

WSJ:   Mutual funds are seeing inflows as the market rises.

WSJ:   The head of WPP painted a troubling picture of the return of the ad market.

WSJ:   A cut in greenhouse gases may not have to hurt economic growth.

WSJ:   The head of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said there is little concern about being bought by Chinese interests.

WSJ:   Goldman Sachs (GS) is putting $250 million in to China auto firm Geely.

WSJ:   The race for successful obesity drugs is heating up.

NYT   Disney (DIS) faces certain rights issues over Marvel (MVL) characters

NYT:   Analysts say that newspaper earnings have not hit bottom.

NYT:   The IRS extended amnesty for offshore accounts.

NYT:   Hybrid internet-TV is making progress in Europe.

FT:   The recession has caused a steep drop in greenhouse gas emissions.

FT:   Bank regulators are worried about complacency as markets recover.

FT:   A California bond issue brought in $8.8 billion.

Bloomberg:   A potential relapse in housing poses problems for Bernanke.

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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