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Media Digest (1/21/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Hedge fund Loch Capital is losing customers because of ties to a witness in the Galleon case.

Reuters:   China GDP grew 10.7% in the fourth quarter.

Reuters:   Obama will target excessive financial risk taking.

Reuters:    AIG (NYSE:AIG) owes retention pay to many workers.

Reuters:   The Pentagon budget will probably kill 7 weapons programs.

Reuters:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is expected to post a solid fourth quarter.

Reuters:   Starbucks US sales began to grow again.

Reuters:   The dispute between China and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may hurt the launch of Motorola’s (NYSE:MOT) Android-based phone. Android is the Google mobile OS.

Reuters:   Ebay (NASDAQ:EBAY) beat forecasts on strong growth from PayPal.

WSJ:   Obama plans to put new restrictions on the size and risk-taking of big banks.

WSJ:   Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will launch a tablet with ties to content from TV and print.

WSJ:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is scrambling to fix security holes in IE.

WSJ:   Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) plans to target Apple with new apps for the Kindle.

WSJ:   Buffett attacked the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY).

WSJ:   Greek bonds are trading lower.

WSJ:   The World Bank issues a mixed forecast which points to a rise in GDP next year but warns about credit markets.

WSJ:   Amazon launched a new royalty plan for authors and publishers.

WSJ:   The New York Times will begin to charge for web content.

WSJ:   Sony (NYSE:SNE) delayed the launch of its active motion controller.

WSJ:   Difficulties with some drilling techniques for natural gas may injure the industry’s growth.

WSJ:   Sprint (NYSE:S) is being squeezed by price cuts at its rivals AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ).

WSJ:   Microsoft sued Tivo (NASDAQ:TIVO) over patent misuse.

WSJ:   Stock buybacks are a way to help investors in companies faced with modest growth.

NYT:   Banks are seeing a decline in bad loans.

NYT:   Morgan Stanley had a weak quarter and strong bonuses.

NYT:   China is on a path to becoming the world’s second largest economy.

NYT:   Republicans are objecting to a panel on the deficit.

NYT:   The expanded growth of wind power may be realistic but expensive.

Bloomberg:   GE’s (NYSE:GE) shares may be hurt until financial reforms are finalized.

Bloomberg:   AMR (NYSE:AMR) will fight a Delta (NYSE:DAL) tie-up with JAL

Douglas A. McIntyre

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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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