Media Digest 2/16/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Barclays (NYSE:BCS) earned $18 billion, was more than forecast.

Reuters:   The Eurozone gave Greece 30 days to show progress on its deficit.

Reuters:   The number of accident claims involving Toyota (NYSE:TM) cars is up.

Reuters:   The Fed has a paper loss on Bear Stearns investments.

WSJ:   Investors are recruiting the terminally ill to buy annuities.

WSJ:   Dollar demand rose and the euro was hurt by concerns about stability in the region.

WSJ:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) will boost testing.

WSJ:   Foreclosures are still pressuring home prices according to two new studies.

WSJ:   JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) will buy an energy trading unit from RBS and Sempra Energy for $1.7 billion.

WSJ:   After criticism, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will make more changes to it Buzz social network feature.

WSJ:   Talks about Dubai plans to cut debt payments hurt the debt markets.

WSJ:   Exports pushed up Japan’s GDP.

WSJ:   Lawyers and safety experts want data stored in “black boxes” in Toyota cars.

WSJ:   New features for the mobility market have been built around software and not hardware.

WSJ:   New “3D” movies have started a new competition for Hollywood.

WSJ:   Toyota (NYSE:TM) says it has fixed 500,000 cars.

WSJ:   NBC uses researchers to see how viewers use their time to watch the Olympic games.

WSJ:   The New York Times (NYT) has launched a plagiarism probe which involves on of its business reporters.

WSJ:   High lumber prices have hurt builders.

WSJ:   Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) upped its rating on Saudi Arabia.

WSJ:   Hedges on Greek debt show that some derivatives must be overhauled.

NYT:   China has built more ports in South Asia, a challenge to India.

NYT:   Drug firms have applied brand names to generics to sell them in developing nations.

NYT:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched it new mobile software.

NYT:   Mobile carriers have held back on 4G because of worries about flaws created by the technology and infrastructure.

FT:   Media companies are concerned that deals to put content on the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad could hurt margins.

FT:   Scientists have discovered the secret of aging.

Bloomberg:   Europe finance ministers will force Greece to make deeper budget cuts.

Douglas A. McIntyre