Media Digest 3/19/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   China will send an envoy to the US to discuss the yuan.

Reuters:   European carriers who lost money on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone won’t do the same in their deals to sell the iPad.

Reuters:   The CBO said the health care plan will cut the deficit.

Reuters:   Google (GOOG) may announce its China plan next week.

Reuters:   The legal battle between Viacom (VIA) and Google (GOOG) over YouTube copyright infringement escalated.

Reuters:   Lehman says Barclays (BCS) got a $13 billion windfall from the sale of assets of the bankrupt company.

WSJ:   Department of Energy research put into doubt the way that oil supply and demand is calculated.

WSJ:   March cars sales will probably rise sharply.

WSJ:   Pensions are asking when alternative investments are as dangerous as those sold to them two years ago.

WSJ:   Apple (AAPL) is still trying to secure content deals for the iPad.

WSJ:   The number of homes going into foreclosure is rising again,

WSJ:   Samsung expects double-digit growth this year.

WSJ:   Rio Tinto (RTP) has set a new ore deal with Chinalco.

WSJ:   The loss at Palm (PALM) improved, but sales of phones were poor.

WSJ:   Life insurance companies are adding agents rapidly.

WSJ:   Rules that prevent research analysts from push stock of their firms’ clients may be weakened.

WSJ:   S&P said China could have a spike in bad debt in the country.

WSJ:   Health insurers are fighting hospitals over costs by threatening to end relationships.

WSJ:   Wal-Mart (WMT) has entered into an agreement with DreamWorks to promote its “Train Your Dragon” film.

NYT:   Germany said help for Greece should come from the IMF.

NYT:   Smaller nuclear reactors may have safety risks.

NYT:   Greenspan said again that low interest rates supported by the Fed did not cause the housing bubble.

NYT:   A number of experts and the Basel Committee want alternatives to bank bailouts.

NYT;   Asia stocks are posting their sixth week of gains.

NYT:   Teva (TEVA) bought Ratiopharm for $5 billion.

NYT:   The recession has caused the US to pressure China on the yuan.

FT:   Merrill Lynch warned regulators about Lehman before its collapse.

FT:   Worries about Greek debt returned to the market.

Bloomberg:   The Fed may increase the discount rate before its next policy meeting

Douglas A. McIntyre

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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.

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