Media Digest 2/5/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The economy probably added 5,ooo jobs last month.

Reuters:   Kraft (KFT) gained control over 75% of Cadbury shares.

Reuters:   Toyota (TM) may recall the Prius.

Reuters:   Publishers and Amazon (AMZN) are still fighting over book prices.

Reuters:   NY State accused the ex-CEO of Bank of America (BAC) of fraud.

Reuters:   Google (GOOG) faces many risks in its stand-off with China.

WSJ:   Deutsche Bank (DB) may take its US T-Mobile operation public.

WSJ:   The Justice Department may challenge a pact between Google and publishers.

WSJ:   Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) will sell $8 billion in debt.

WSJ:   Comcast (CMCSA) and NBCU executives defended their merger in Washington.

WSJ:   Profits are up at many big companies due to huge cost cuts and modest sales gains.

WSJ:   GSK (GSK) will stop research on antidepressants.

WSJ:   A number of factors could inflate January jobs data.

WSJ:   Thirty year mortgage rates moved above 5%.

NYT:   Europe’s problems may hurt the global recovery.

NYT:   Toyota (TM) is faced with problems over a lawsuit which does not involve floor mats or brakes.

NYT:   The lack of progress on healthcare legislation leaves some drug companies in limbo

NYT:   The White House introduced a plan to double US exports.

FT:   Jamie Dimon of JPMorgna (JPM) will get $10 million in company stock.

Bloomberg:  The Senate may consider a bill to tax all bonuses over $400,000 at companies that got TARP funds.

Bloomberg:   Problems with Toyota brakes may make most can manufacturers look at their brake system designs.

Douglas A. McIntyre