Media Digest 1/6/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   A major overhaul of the global financial system is expected in 2010.

Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) got a 1.52% acceptance of its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) bid.

Reuters:   Gold rose above $1,120.

Reuters:   A Senate panel is near a reform proposal for the Fed.

Reuters:   The retail sector saw growth in December.

Reuters:   Auto sales ended the year strong, particularly for Ford (NYSE:F)

Reuters:   A US judge upheld limits on tobacco marketing.

WSJ:   Clothing sales were off in December due to a lack of deep discounts.

WSJ:   Warren Buffett indicated he is against the Kraft bid for Cadbury.

WSJ:   China became the top exporter, passing Germany.

WSJ:   A number of experts are concerned that the financial crisis could happen again

WSJ:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Kia plan a hands free car system.

WSJ:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched it new smartphone–Nexus One.

WSJ:   Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will ship its tablet PC in March.

WSJ:   Pending home sales fell as a key tax credit expired.

WSJ:   Car sales in China may rise only 5% this year as a key tax credit expires.

WSJ:   Apple’s purchase of online ad sales firm Quattro puts pressure on Google.

WSJ:   Job improvement in the service sector may be many months away.

WSJ:   John Havens of Citigroup (NYSE:C) made $9 million last year making him the bank’s highest paid person.

NYT:  TV is starting to move into 3D.

NYT:   The slowing pace of home sales may mean prices could retreat.

NYT:   Retailers did not discount as deeply during the holiday season as they did last year.

NYT:   The euro dropped as the EU indicated it will not bail out Greece.

FT:   Sales of the Nintendo Wii rose in the US during December.

Bloomberg:   GM lost share to Ford (NYSE:F) and Toyota (NYSE:TM)

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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