Media Digest 9/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The young and affluent in China may become more active consumers.

Reuters:   The G20 is looking to nurture the recovery and add financial safeguards.

Reuters:   Taxpayers may never get back all of their US bailout funds.

Reuters:   The Fed says the recovery in under way.

Reuters:   A new AIDS vaccine protected a number of people in a trial.

Reuters:   The tech world believes that IPOs will return soon.

Reuters:   The SEC is planning insider trading charges in the Dell (DELL) deal to buy Perot Systems (PER).

Reuters:   Airbus may need extra cash for new planes.

Reuters:   Citigroup (C) will focus branches in six cities.

Reuters:   Moody’s (MCO) may bear the brunt of ratings agency mistrust.

WSJ:   Investors and participants at the G20 are worried about the dollar’s future role

WSJ:   GMAC is using capital to compete more effectively with large banks.

WSJ:   Boeing (BA) is beginning to fix early flaws in the 787.

WSJ:   Nintendo cut the price of the Wii.

WSJ:   Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is using its size to undercut rivals.

WSJ:   Russia’s largest car maker OAO AvtoVAZ will cut more than 26,000 jobs.

WSJ:   Marvel’s (MVL) CEO got options ahead of the Disney (DIS) deal.

WSJ:   AOL (TWX) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are competing more directly.

WSJ:   South Korea will get the Apple (AAPL) iPhone.

WSJ:   Honda (HMC) will build a unicycle for the elderly.

WSJ:   China’s sovereign wealth fund made a $1.9 billion investment in debt issued by Indonesia’s Bumi Resources.

WSJ:   Steel and paper are going to be part of the next trade dispute with China.

WSJ:   The FASB approved an accounting rule that will help tech company earnings.

WSJ:   Hedge funds are still not cutting fees.

WSJ:   Russia’s richest man is buying control of the New Jersey Nets.

NYT:   Oil companies are finding new fields at a rapid rate.

NYT:   Ford’s (F) new small car should help it with Asian buyers.

NYT:   E-commerce is helping to get Chinese consumers to spend more.

FT:   Microsoft (MSFT) says that top game publishers are developing software for its new game controller.

Bloomberg:   The stock rally is bring buyout firms back into the market.

Douglas A. McIntyre