Media Digest 2/4/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Published: February 4, 2010 3:58 am

Last Updated: February 4, 2010 5:21 am

Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) said it would have charges of $2 billion for recalls, but posted a profit last quarter and improved its forecasts.

Reuters: Shell’s (RDS.A) profits fell sharply.

Reuters: Sony (NYSE:SNE) posted its first profit in five quarters.

Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and the NSA may team on cyberattack measures.

Reuters: Healthcare spending will be a larger part of the economy.

Reuters: Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) easily beat estimates.

WSJ: Government programs will account for half of all healthcare spending next year.

WSJ: Tech spending is bouncing back

WSJ: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) plans to cut R&D.

WSJ: Monster (NYSE:MWW) bought HotJobs from Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO).

WSJ: Zale is trying to get cash from suppliers.

WSJ: AOL (NYSE:AOL) said the ad slump is not over.

WSJ: Rising productivity could hurt jobs growth.

WSJ: MetLife (NYSE:MET) financials may be hurt by a purchase of an AIG (NYSE:AIG) unit.

WSJ: Toyota (NYSE:TM) admitted its Prius brakes have a design problem.

NYT: Rivals are waiting to see what Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will pay Blankfein.

NYT: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may buy a touchscreen start-up.

NYT: A currency dispute is likely to cause more US-China friction.

NYT: The government may offer a plan to help small banks increase lending.

FT: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) warned the US about its debt concerns.

FT: China has cut back on the ability of companies to raise capital.

Bloomberg: The US economy may lose 824,000 jobs on revisions of employment numbers.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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