Media Digest 1/29/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls.

Reuters:   Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening.

Reuters:   Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay.

Reuters:   Obama plans to spend $33 billion for job incentives.

Reuters:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) beat expectations on strong sales of Windows 7.

Reuters:   Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) did better than Wall St. expectations and expects strong Q1 sales.

WSJ:   Bernanke won a second term.

WSJ:   The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad offers new opportunities for App store software providers.

WSJ:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) is close to a fix for stuck pedals.

WSJ:   AT&T (NYSE:T) laid out a plan to improve its 3G network.

WSJ:   Nokia (NYSE:NOK) posted a strong quarter but Motorola’s (NYSE:MOT) numbers were weak.

WSJ:   Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) signed a deal with Hong Kong’s Li & Fung to source $2 billion worth of goods.

WSJ:   Greece made more austerity vows.

WSJ:   Ford (NYSE:F) posted a profit for last year.

WSJ:   Q4 GDP numbers will be largely driven by slower inventory declines.

WSJ:   Big biotech stocks which were hot a decade ago are now the subject of some skepticism.

WSJ:   China believes crude oil prices will average $80 this year.

NYT:   A survey of corporate IT executives shows they have an increased fear of cyberattacks.

FT:   JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) will launch a global corporate banking unit.

FT:   Samsung passed HP (NYSE:HPQ) as the largest big tech company in the world based on sales.

FT:   The EU signalled that it would back Greece in a financial crisis.

FT:   Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) faces legal problems over the iPad name.

Bloomberg:   Bank chiefs gathered in Davos to discuss ways to avoid government oversight that might lead to break-ups of some of the firms.

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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