Media Digest 3/23/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: March 23, 2010 2:55 am

Last Updated: March 23, 2010 5:05 am

Reuters: Google (GOOG) risks China’s wrath by its challenge to censorship

Reuters: China expressed both regret and anger at Google’s move.

Reuters: The head of the Chicago Fed said the agency will keep its pro-growth plans.

Reuters: Germany agreed to a bank tax to fund bailouts.

Reuters: China says it will have an $8 billion trade deficit in March.

Reuters: Time Warner (TWX) may pay as much as $1.5 billion for MGM

WSJ: Republicans and Democrats fought over what will happen next with health care.

WSJ: Congressional plans for an overhaul of the financial sector are advancing.

WSJ: Ford (F) is close to selling Volvo the China’s Geely.

WSJ: Zale (ZLE) rejected a private equity firm’s plans to invest in the company.

WSJ: Four Rio Tinto (RTP) employees admitted accepting bribes

WSJ: Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FNM) will not be firms that reward shareholders and risk taxpayer losses.

WSJ: Airlines are moving into the African market.

WSJ: More thieves are targeting prescription drugs.

WSJ: Dish Network (DISH) sued DirecTV (DTV) over misleading ads.

WSJ: Alibaba and Softbank are in takes to improve e-commerce trade between China and Japan.

WSJ: Co-branded and affinity cards are becoming expensive for credit card companies.

WSJ: Ken Feinberg will review pay at all firms that got TARP money even if they have paid it back.

WSJ: Concerns over Greek debt are still hurting the euro.

WSJ: E-Trade (ETFC) appointed a former Citigroup (C) executive as its CEO.

WSJ: The Administration is at work on a plan that would get banks to cut loan balances on some mortgages.

WSJ: The Treasury will sell $56 billion in bills this week.

WSJ: Chinese oil firms are forming more partnerships with Westerns companies to tap crude supplies.

WSJ: China Telecom will add RIM (RIMM) BlackBerry phones and Palm (PALM) handsets.

WSJ: Sony (SNE) dropped the price of its entry-level e-reader by $30 to $169.

NYT: Social Security may be the source of the savings for government spending.

NYT: Perseus Books Group and Workman Publishing Company will sell books on the Apple (AAPL) iPad

NYT: Toyota (TM) will replace accelerator pedals on cars on which owners are not happy with standard repairs.

FT: Geithner warned that Congress could lose its initiative to reform the financial world.

Bloomberg: China appealed to Ford (F) and Rio Tinto (RTP) to help stop currency wars.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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