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

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: September 24, 2009 3:52 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:29 am

newspaper 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

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