Media Digest (4/13/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters: The Chinese president told Obama that the nation will make its own decision on the yuan.

Reuters:   Growth and cheap phones were key to Q1 industry growth.

Reuters:   Twitter will start to sell ads.

Reuters:   Oil fell for a fifth session on high supply.

Reuters:   Infosys said it was cautious about the economic recovery.

Reuters:   The US deficit will be down in the first half, according to The Washington Post.

Reuters:   The head of Google (GOOG) said the company tends to create enemies.

Reuters:   China expects import strength and an export struggle.

WSJ:   Twitter will start to roll out ads.

WSJ:   Regulators have said little about Washington Mutual’s collapse.

WSJ:   Alcoa (AA) reported a smaller first quarter loss.

WSJ:   The FDIC is expected to extend unlimited guarantees for deposits by businesses.

WSJ:   Banks have come out against a plan to reduce mortgage principals.

WSJ:   China extended its crude reach with an oil sands deal.

WSJ:   AIG (AIG) disclosed its pay packages.

WSJ:   Microsoft’s (MSFT) new handset targets young people.

WSJ:   UBS (UBS) said it sees a profit.

WSJ:   Palm (PALM) is looking for a buyer.

WSJ:   MasterCard (MA) named a new CEO.

WSJ:   Medical schools say there won’t be enough doctors to treat people due to health care reform.

WSJ:   The 18th annual airline quality study shows Hawaiian Air ranks first.

WSJ:   Morgan Stanly (MS) is trying to turn around its trading business.

WSJ:   Short interest on Nasdaq fell.

WSJ:   Avon (AVP) suspended executives as part of a bribery investigation.

WSJ:   GM expects a growing revenue lift from China.

NYT:   Lehman moved investments off its books to a small firm it controlled.

NYT:   Apple (AAPL) is putting new restrictions on App developers.

FT:   Doubts over Greece have resurfaced.

FT:   GM and VW raised their China sales forecasts.

Bloomberg: Analysts thing China will let the yuan float before June 30.

Bloomberg:   JPMorgan’s (JPM) profits may fall on credit card and home loan losses.

Bloomberg:   PIMCO is worried about deflation.

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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