Media Digest 10/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   UBS (NYSE:UBS) will put in a new US chief.

Reuters:   Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) says “dark pools” help investors.

Reuters:   The US is welcoming the rise of the yuan.

Retuers:   Nelson Peltz’s board seat at Legg Mason (NYSE:LM) may not signal change.

Reuters:   Bill Gross of PIMCO says the end of Federal programs to buy back debt could pressure bond markets.

Reuters:   Baidu (NASDQ:BIDU) was hurt by changes in its ad system and shares fell.

WSJ:   The turnaround at Chrysler will be based on Fiat models.

WSJ:   A new IRS unit will focus on complex financial structures of the wealthy.

WSJ:   Honda’s (NYSE:HMC) earnings beat expectations.

WSJ:   Continental’s (NYSE:CAL) switch to the Star Alliance airline program increases chances it will merge with United (NASDAQ:UAUA).

WSJ:   The House will begin to work out plans for financial firms that are “too big to fail.”

WSJ:   Dodd wants a rate freeze on certain credit card balances.

WSJ:   Canon’s profits fell on low demand.

WSJ:   Nokia (NYSE:NOK) launched a 3G phone in China.

WSJ:   Tech firms are launching large ad campaigns including ones from Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), Juniper (NASDAQ:JNPR), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) aimed at businesses spending more during the recovery.

WSJ:   An improvement in the economy is boosting the prospects of renewal energy.

WSJ:   Verizon’s (NYSE:VZ) FiOS roll-out slowed.

WSJ:   The head of Michelin said car sales are improving.

WSJ:   Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) will cut 2,500 people.

NYT:   Greenberg, former head of AIG (NYSE:AIG), is starting a firm that may take some of the battered insurance company’s key talent.

NYT:   The CNN division of Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) is now fourth among major cable news networks.

NYT:   Fisher Automotive will make hybrids in its new plant which was formerly owned by GM.

NYT:   Forbes magazine plans more layoffs.

Bloomberg:   BP’s (NYSE:BP) earnings fell 34%.

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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