Media Digest 3/25/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   EU leaders are divided on Greece before their summit.

Reuters:   Changes in the health care bill will go back to the House.

Reuters:   China described interest rates as a “heavy-duty weapon” in the war with inflation.

Reuters:   Dubai World creditors held $14 billion in debt in December.

Reuters:   A sale of MGM may be delayed.

Reuters:   Icahn and Lions Gate were in a verbal war over the firm’s value.

WSJ:   Founder  Brin drove Google (GOOG) to exit China.

WSJ:   Dubai will put $9.5 billion into Dubai World.

WSJ:   The death of Jerome York has made Apple’s board less independent.

WSJ:   Appaloosa Management and Carlson Capital are focuses of hedge fund investigations.

WSJ:   The  slow sale of Citigroup (C) troubled assets make it harder for the bank to make money.

WSJ:   Bank of America (BAC) will begin a plan to reduce mortgage principals.

WSJ:   Caterpillar’s (CAT) bottom line will be hit by health care costs.

WSJ:   Wells Farg0 (WFC) will buy some GMAC assets.

WSJ:   GE (GE) will sell its stake in an outsourcing business.

WSJ:   Google (GOOG) is urging Congress to take a bigger role in internet freedom around the world.

WSJ:   Deutsche Telekom (DT) said it is committed to the US market.

WSJ:   New home sales fell last month.

WSJ:   Wall St. will be looking at how much software Oracle (ORCL) actually sold last month.

WSJ:   3D movies are helping move up ticket prices.

WSJ:   ConocoPhillips (COP) will cut growth plans.

WSJ:   Honda’s (HMC) hybrid sales were better than the company expected.

WSJ:   Dell (DELL) will expand its services unit in China.

WSJ:   Nvidia (NVDA) will launch a chip aimed at AMD (AMD).

NYT:   Social Security will pay out more than it collects this year.

NYT:   China says it will not adjust its policy on the value of its currency.

NYT:   Regulators may directly oversee a Genzyme plant.

FT:   China Unicom (CHU) will not use Google search on its phones.

FT:   The US financial regulation bill appears ready to pass.

Douglas A. McIntyre