Media Digest 2/23/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: February 23, 2010 3:58 am

Last Updated: February 23, 2010 5:26 am

Reuters: The $15 billion jobs bill advanced in the Senate.

Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) faces a US criminal probe.

Reuters: KKR and TPC are close to a deal to buy Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) share of CICC.

Reuters: Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) bought Vudu to move into web movies.

WSJ: Brookfield Asset Management will compete with Simon Properties to buy General Growth.

WSJ: Support for CEO Akio Toyoda has fallen within Toyota.

WSJ: The Senate advanced a $15 billion jobs bill.

WSJ: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will have discussions with China about its future in the country.

WSJ: The new Obama healthcare plan will cost $950 billion.

WSJ: Federal judge Rakoff backed a settlement between Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and the SEC.

WSJ: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will license some Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) open source software for the Kindle.

WSJ: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) will start a $2 billion software fund.

WSJ: Small businesses object to the Obama healthcare plan because it adds to their costs.

WSJ: The economy is moving up at about its historical average which will not undo the recession’s effects.

WSJ: India is aggressively pursuing oil and gas reserves outside it borders.

WSJ: Net income at Nordstom (NYSE:JWN) rose sharply

WSJ: The Treasury will sell $31 billion in notes today.

WSJ: A drop in value in used Toyotas could hurt its financing business.

NYT: Ties between Toyota and US lawmakers will raise questions about inquiries into the car company’s actions.

NYT: Banks are fighting back as overdraft fees drop due to government mandates.

NYT: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is banning some sexual content from the iPhone.

NYT: The head of the San Fransisco Fed said jobs will recover slowly.

NYT: BrightSource Energy, which is building a large solar facility, will get US help.

FT: A federal grand jury has subpoenaed Toyota records.

FT: A Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) executive said regulatory standards for swaps with Greece should have been higher.

Bloomberg: Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE:BRK-B) dropped to a 17-month low.

Bloomberg: Harvard economist Rogoff predicted defaults on sovereign debt

Bloomberg: Some Toyota supported say that the attacks on the car company are often based on self-interest.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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