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Media Digest 11/25/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Chinese banks must raise large sums of capital which could test equity markets.

Reuters: AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) CEO had his pay package approved.

Reuters:   The Fed sees growth but substantial policy risks.

Reuters:   The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO) closed all of its US bureaus.

Reuters:   More shoppers plan Black Friday visits.

Reuters:   Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) sees China as its next key market.

Reuters:    The World Bank says that rasing rates quickly could cause a slump.

Reuters:   Calpers may drop Black Rock (NYSE:BLK) as a real estate investor.

Reuters:   The CFO of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will leave.

Reuters:   Top performing fund manager Jerry Jordan is selling Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Reuters:   Cybercriminals regularly breach company systems.

WSJ:   Saab may be closed because GM cannot find a buyer.

WSJ:   Robert Benmosche of AIG (NYSE:AIG) signed a non-compete agreement.

WSJ:   Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) is resisting paying big fees to broadcats channels.

WSJ:   Bank lending is still falling as firms remained concerned about risk.

WSJ:   Clothing retailers think the holidays will be good.

WSJ:   Tivo’s (NASDAQ:TIVO) loss was narrower than expected.

WSJ:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) sold Diner’s Club.

WSJ:   Detroit is releasing incentives, a bad sign.

WSJ:   Royal Dutch Shell’s two huge natural-gas projects in Qatar will increase the company’s cash flow by $4 billion a year

WSJ:   Sprint (NYSE:S) is betting on prepaid customers.

NYT:   The home price recovery may take a dip.

NYT:   The head of the IMF encouraged continuing stimulus spending.

NYT:   The FDIC fell into the red.

NYT:   Market fears are pushing yields on federal securities to all time lows.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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