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Media Digest 1/18/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) has a deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) for about $19 billion.

Reuters:   China says Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and other foreign firms must respect its laws.

Reuters:   JAL is going bankrupt.

Reuters:   AIG (NYSE:AIG) is looking a a number of ways to repay worker bonuses.

Reuters:   The IMF raised concerns about the recovery in Europe.

WSJ:   NBCU (NYSE:GE) will pay Conan O’Brien close to $40 million to end his contract with the network

WSJ:   HarperCollines is discussing a book content deal with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for its tablet

WSJ:   If the FHA pulls back on mortgage credit limits, the housing market could falter.

WSJ:   Tyco will purchase Brinks’ home security operation in a $2 billion deal.

WSJ:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) challenged comments by European officials that people should use other browsers because hackers can exploit Internet Explorer.

WSJ:   A slowdown in rail demand could foreshadow slowing manufacturing and agricultural sectors this year.

WSJ:   Companies raised $11.7 billion in the junk bond market last week as investors chased yield

NYT:   The Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is taking on cable companies by streaming moves and TV.

NYT:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) faces antitrust problems with German newspaper companies.

NYT:   Nearly 100 hotels will open this year as chains have trouble filing current ones.

FT:   US banks are divided on whether to sue the federal government over a proposed tax on liabilities.

FT:   Old GM shares, which are supposed to be worthless, are rising.

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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