Media Digest 4/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   British Air and Iberia signed a merger deal.

Reuters:   US Airways (LCC) and United (UAUA) are in merger talks.

Reuters:   A Toyota (TM) executive warned about defects in January.

Reuters:   Geithner will meet with Chinese officials in Hong Kong to press on the yuan issue.

Reuters:   An FCC official said that the Comcast (CMCSA) ruling may affect the agency’s long term broadband plan.

WSJ:   Oprah will have an evening show on cable starting next year.

WSJ:   Funds hedging against Greece are also attacking a number of companies and banks associated with the nation.

WSJ:   Many companies are faced with problems of board members who also help oversee  competitors.

WSJ:   Bernanke said that the US should tackle its debt issue now.

WSJ:   A Congressional panel questions Alan Greenspan about his role in the credit crisis.

WSJ:   GM reported a $4.3 billion loss for the second half of last year.

WSJ:   Consumer credit declined in February.

WSJ:   Monsanto is preparing for price cuts.

WSJ:   The demand for solar power in Silicon Valley is down.

WSJ:   The DOT is doing more to prevent cell phone use in cars.

WSJ:   Rules to help mortgage markets may favor Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE).

WSJ:   Marketers believe that Indonesia may be the next large consumer market.

WSJ:   Online ad spending started to pick up in late 2009.

NYT:   Chinese firms may provide technology for a high speed train being built to California.

NYT:   Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) says it see large changes in an important memory chip.

NYT:   Daimler, Nissan, and Renault set up a new small car venture.

NYT:   Europe is delaying details about its plans to help Greece.

FT:   Citigroup (C) received outside advice on CDO bets that cost it $50 billion.

FT:   The financial reform bill is getting closer to a vote.

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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