Media Digest 4/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   An 11.9% growth in China during the first quarter has caused the government to look at tightening.

Reuters:   Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) is testing all of its SUVs after problems with one of its Lexus models.

Reuters:   American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has set up a long-term commitment with China’s PICC.

Reuters:   The EU may have to set up a way to help its financially weak members in light of the Greek bailout.

Reuters:   Lehman Bros filed more disclosure documents with the bankruptcy court.

Reuters:   The S&P moved above 1,200.

WSJ:   Prosecutors are looking at whether a member of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) board gave information to Galleon.

WSJ:   Executives from Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) face a bribery probe in Germany and Russia.

WSJ:   OPEC held its demand costs steady.

WSJ:   The security costs for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Bezos rose.

WSJ:   The head of the FCC was criticized over his ambitious broadband plan.

WSJ:   Results from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) are expected to be good but may be overshadowed by China.

WSJ:   Subprime delinquencies dropped for the first time in four years.

WSJ:   Chinese bank Hua Xix may have to raise more than $2 billion.

WSJ:   Sales growth of consumer staples may stay low.

WSJ:   Marketers are gathering data on social network behavior.

NYT:   Foreclosure rates hit five-year highs.

NYT:   Defaults in the home modification program rose sharply.

NYT:   The US must work on controlling its deficits, Bernanke said.

NYT:   PC sales are on target for their largest improvement in 2010.

FT:   BP, plc (ADR: BP) will press its plan to work on Canadian oil sands projects.

FT:   Chinese migrant workers face problems moving into large cities.

FT:   Obama has not been able to undermine derivatives reform opponents.

Bloomberg:   The yield on Greek bones is up, a sign the euro zone backing may be used.

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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