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

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: February 16, 2010 3:53 am

Last Updated: February 16, 2010 5:43 am

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

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