Media Digest 10/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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newspaperReuters:   China’s GDP rose 8.9% and the government said it would stick with its liberal monetary policies.

Reuters:   Larry Summers said the US recovery is on track.

Reuters:   More Americans will delay retirement.

Reuters:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOOG) set up real-time search deals with micr- blogging company Twitter.

Reuters:   The top pay at bailed-out banks is being cut 50%.

Reuters:   Microsoft launched Windows 7 and is hoping for a PC sales rebound at firms including Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ).

Reuters:   Acer said its revenue could double in three years.

Reuters:   Fidelity is letting customers trade foreign stocks.

Reuters:   Executive hiring in Asia is up.

Reuters:   A panel urged change in the top structure of The World Bank.

Reuters:   eBay’s (NASDAQ:EBAY) holiday outlook disappointed.

WSJ:   Galleon will close.

WSJ:   Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) improved its Mac line-up.

WSJ:   Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) has a Q3 profit.

WSJ:   The Beige Book showed signs of stability.

WSJ:   Strong sales at Cadbury may hurt Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) bid.

WSJ:   Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) sold First Republic.

WSJ:   Facebook will add music sales.

WSJ:   China is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S.

WSJ:   Crude moved above $70 a barrel.

WSJ:   Breaking up banks could create a more sound financial system.

WSJ:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) may have to raise its bid for Cadbury.

WSJ:   Pentagon spending could hurt Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC).

WSJ:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) plans to let visitors listen to music on its results page

WSJ:   Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) will make more price cuts to increase business.

WSJ:   Verizon (NYSE:VZ) slammed the FCC on net neutrality.

NYT:   Twitter’s search deals with Microsoft and Google may bring it more money.

NYT:   Obama announced a small-business lending package.

NYT:   The UK government rejected a suggestion by the BOE that large banks be broken up.

FT:   MySpace will abandon its race with Facebook and move toward being a music site.

Bloomberg:  Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) may buy some of Sara Lee’s overseas operations.

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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