Media Digest 11/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: November 16, 2009 4:00 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:13 am

newspaper Reuters: The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms.

Reuters: GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US.

Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) will sell Bellsystem to Bain.

Reuters: Japan’s GDP numbers were leaked.

Reuters: Japan’s growth is still modest and the government may have a second stimulus.

Reuters: Fed’s Hoenig sees great weakness in the economy.

Reuters: The IMF called for a rise in the yuan.

Reuters: Hitachi will raise $4.6 billion.

Reuters: BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) says central banks will be net buyers of gold.

Reuters: Champion will put its US operations into Chapter 11.

WSJ: GE (NYSE:GE) is trying to get a huge part of government stimulus spending.

WSJ: The rate of bankruptcies is slowing.

WSJ: US earnings are strong but corporate revenue is not.

WSJ: Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY) will spin-off its Mead division.

WSJ: Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) settlement with book publishers is unlikely to end the matter.

WSJ: The Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) deal with GE (NYSE:GE) to control NBCU will face regulatory review.

WSJ: Auto makers are still cutting capacity and costs.

WSJ: Companies are raising debt even when they do not need that cash.

WSJ: India will increase funding for solar power.

WSJ: The bond market is likely to suffer a long, slow sell-off.

WSJ: S&P is starting to take a more negative view of banks which have federal help.

WSJ: A Comcast deal for NBCU could speed development of “addressable” advertising and interactive TV.

WSJ: The Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) is focusing on its Macau business.

NYT: Drug makers are trying to raise prices before government regulations take effect.

NYT: Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) faces the prospects that it will never be a success.

NYT: Newsweek, a part of The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO) is starting to show financial improvement.

NYT: About half of US online readers would pay for content.

NYT: Data shows that electic patient record have not improved care or cut costs.

FT: As the dollar dropped, gold hit a record.

FT: The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said food prices could spike with the end of the recession.

Bloomberg: UBS (NYSE:UBS) debt trading operations are the key to its profitability.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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