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Media Digest 9/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
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Reuters: Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit
Reuters: A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation.
Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and now faces another threat from the SEC.
Reuters: Proposed net neutrality rules for wireless systems drew criticism from carriers.
Reuters: The FDIC may tap US banks to increase its funding.
Reuters: Sun Microsystems (JAVA) is losing $100 million a month, according to Oracle (ORCL).
Reuters: Dell (DELL) will buy Perot (PER) for $3.9 billion.
Reuters: The Fed is in not hurry to raise rates.
Reuters: US mortgage delinquencies set a record.
WSJ: The Deutsche Bank (DB) chairman had information on a plan to spy on a board member.
WSJ: Cadbury is softening its stance toward Kraft’s (KFT) offer.
WSJ: Insurance companies are raising prices to help battered balance sheets.
WSJ: Harbinger reduced its stake in The New York Times (NYT).
WSJ: Facebook has set up a partnership with Nielsen.
WSJ: The Fed will miss an October 1 deadline to provide Treasury a broad review of the agency’s operations.
WSJ: Google (GOOG) Voice may draw FCC review.
WSJ: AIG (AIG) is showing signs of stabilizing.
WSJ: The EU published details of its antitrust case against Intel (INTC).
WSJ: Bank of America (BAC) will end a loan loss sharing arrangement with the government.
WSJ: Netflix (NFLX) awarded a $1 million prize.
WSJ: Infrastructure funds are not immune to the credit crisis.
WSJ: Net neutrality may be a good idea but building the Internet is not free.
NYT: Hyundai is building market share with through price and quality.
NYT: The Asian Development Bank said that the region is quickly recovering.
NYT: The G20 is being urged to raise bank reserves.
NYT: Leading indicators rose for the fifth month.
FT: A growing rift between the US and Europe may hurt results from a climate summit.
Bloomberg: Vivendi may sell its 20% stake in NBCU (GE).
Bloomberg: China’s stimulus package may be delaying efforts for the consumer to lead its economy.
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