Media Digest 3/18/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

Reuters:   Toyota (TM) told regulators it is looking at how to fix 1.2 million Corollas.

Reuters:   A Chinese export body said a rise in the yuan would be destructive.

Reuters:   China Mobile’s (CHL) revenues rose on a gain in average revenue per user.

Reuters:   The US faces Chinese import negotiations on the yuan.

Reuters:   HTC says it is confident it can defend itself against an Apple (AAPL) patent suit.

Reuters:   Google (GOOG) is working with Intel (INTC) and Sony (SNE) on a TV project.

Reuters:   A California police report supports an acceleration problem with a runaway Prius.

WSJ:   A judge said he would not ease the curbs that erected a wall between analysts and bankers.

WSJ:   Bernanke argued that it is important not to narrow the Fed’s focus.

WSJ:   NJ regulators said MGM Mirage did business with organized crime in Macau.

WSJ:   The FDA may set a system to help approve two or more drugs together for diseases like AIDS.

WSJ:   CIT’s (CIT) new CEO outlined the firm’s challenges.

WSJ:   A Google (GOOG) exit from China could help local instant message firm Tencent.

WSJ:   States are pressing e-commerce companies to collect local taxes.

WSJ:   OPEC held oil production steady.

WSJ:   The SEC admitted errors in regulating Lehman.

WSJ:   Merkel brought up the idea of expelling members from the eurozone.

WSJ:   Wall St. could have another strong compensation year, although not as good as 2009.

WSJ:   Spring (S) will unveil its first phone for the company’s new super-fast 4G network.

WSJ:   The PayPal division of Ebay (EBAY) has cut a deal to expand in China.

WSJ:   Nike’s (NKE) profits rose sharply as revenue moved higher.

WSJ:   McDonald’s (MCD) may sell all soft drinks of any size for $1 this summer.

WSJ:   A US regulator criticized Google’s new Buzz product because it may show personal data of users.

NYT:   US firms are building high-tech labs in China.

NYT:   Amazon is trying to use its clout to hang on the lead in the e-book field.

NYT:   Deflation fears persist in China.

NYT:   The new jobs bill passed the Senate.

NYT:   GM’s CFO said the company could be profitable this year.

NYT:   The World Bank said China should increase rates and let the yuan rise.

FT:   A group in India plans to set up a fund to compete with China for oil assets.

FT:   Tencent warned Beijing could slow internet growth by regulating text messaging.

FT:   The US healthcare reform bill is gaining momentum.

Bloomberg:   Germany is seeking an IMF role in the Greek debt negotiations.

Bloomberg:   China is doing “stress tests” to see effects of value of yuan change on industries.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Photo of Douglas A. McIntyre
About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

Featured Reads

Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

CBOE Vol: 1,568,143
PSKY Vol: 12,285,993
STX Vol: 7,378,346
ORCL Vol: 26,317,675
DDOG Vol: 6,247,779

Top Losing Stocks

LKQ
LKQ Vol: 4,367,433
CLX Vol: 13,260,523
SYK Vol: 4,519,455
MHK Vol: 1,859,865
AMGN Vol: 3,818,618