Media Digest 10/5/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) returned to a profit.

Reuters:   The Fed will keep rates near zero for an extended period.

Reuters:   Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) beat forecasts.

Reuters:   Gold is near $1,100.

Reuters:   The Senate approved new jobless benefits and housing aid.

Reuters:   Chrysler offered its new turnaround plan.

Reuters:   Cable and film operations helped profits at Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) and News Corp (NYSE:NWS).

Reuters:   Google will seek revenue from online retailers.

Reuters:   Former Countrywide CEO Mozilo will face fraud charges.

WSJ:   A battle is shaping in the Senate over Dodd’s plan to have only one bank regulator.

WSJ:   The Senate may raise the taxes of multinationals but help the tax burden of big companies hurt by recession.

WSJ:   Wall St. incentive pay will be up 40%.

WSJ:   Private equity owned firms had their worst default rates in a decade.

WSJ:   Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ:QCOM) profits were hit by charges.

WSJ:   Verizon’s (NYSE:VZ) Droid phone could hurt RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry sales.

WSJ:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) cut another 800 jobs.

WSJ:   Politicians are urging the government to go easy on small community banks which could cause trouble later.

WSJ:   The credit rally should help AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) rights.

WSJ:   NYS hit Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) will antitrust charges.

WSJ:   Merck (NYSE:MRK) is looking at buying biotech companies.

NYT:  Medical device companies may not see heavy regulation under new healthcare legislation.

NYT:   Chrysler’s cash balance is up since June.

NYT:   Germany is angry over GM’s decision to keep Opel.

NYT:   Moody’s says four of the ten largest private equity deals have defaulted.

NYT:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and other companies are challenging an EU settlement with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on its web browser.

NYT:   A quarter of all businesses are run by women.

NYT:   The World Bank raised its forecast for China’s economy.

FT:   Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) had only one daily trading loss in the third quarter.

FT:   Impulse buying has given way to frugality in the US.

FT:   News Corp (NYSE:NWS) said its $900 million deal with Google to supply ads for MySpace is at risk.

Bloomberg:   UBS (NASDAQ:UBS) gets poor ratings from analysts.

Douglas A. McIntyre