Media Digest: 3/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   The Obama health care bill passed the House and Senate.

Reuters:   The Senate will begin a fight on financial reform

Reuters:   Arrow agreed to a buyout from Shell (RDS.A) and PetroChina (PTR).

Reuters:   Employer health care costs rose 7.3% in 2009.

Reuters:   The public is paying more attention to corporate ethics.

Reuters:   Ebay (EBAY) and NRF will take on issues of online crime.

Reuters:   Europe is divided on Greece before its summit.

WSJ:   Old interest rate deals are hurting cities and states.

WSJ:   Dividends are making a big comeback.

WSJ:   The head of Germany says Greece does not need financial aid.

WSJ:   EMI is in licensing talks to bring in money.

WSJ:   China warned against sanctions due to the value of the yuan.

WSJ:   The B of A CEO will go to China this week.

WSJ:   “Alice in Wonderland” stayed on top at the box office.

WSJ:   Cabin crews kept up their strike against British Air

WSJ:   AT&T (T) played down the Verizon Wireless lead in 4G LTE technology.

WSJ:   Six companies will have IPOs this week.

WSJ:   First Solar’s (FSLR) lead in solar tech may end.

WSJ:   Systemax is trying to revive the CompUSA and Circuit City brands.

WSJ:   The FDA is close to making a decision about China.

WSJ:   PepsicCo (PEP) is set to lower sodium in its food.

NYT:  The health care overhaul will give hospitals and drug companies millions of new employees.

NYT:   There is a race to be among the first Apple (AAPL) iPad apps.

FT:   Former Lehman CEO Fuld is facing new probes.

FT:   The US Chamber of Commerce is moving against China’s yuan philosophy.

FT:   A new deal may replace iron ore pricing systems.

FT:   Goldman Sachs (GS) took home huge sums from investments in a fund set up by the firm

FT:   Pepsi (PEP) is setting up programs to cut salt, sugar, and saturated fats.

Bloomberg:   The US government is paying higher rates than Berkshire Hathaway (BRK).

Bloomberg:   Bernanke says taxpayers should not cover costs of failed banks.

Bloomberg:   The health care bill now moves to federal regulators and states.

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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