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