Media Digest 4/19/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Goldmand Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) are standing behind the company.

Reuters:   Chinas said the chances of the yuan rising are more likely.

Reuters:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) is expect to pay it $16.4 billion fine.

Reuters:   3D TV is the new competition is the competition among screen makers.

Reuters:   A senior government economist said it is too early to let the yaun float.

Reuters:   UA, Inc. (NASDAQ:   UAUA) has discussed a broad alliance with Delta Air  (NYSE: DAL) and Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL).

Reuters:   Geithner says he is confident Congress will pass a financial overhaul bill.

Reuters:   IMF will raise its forecast of global growth to 4%.

Reuters:   Buy-out investors will focus on merging markets.

Reuters:   The Goldman CDO case could be the tip of the iceberg.

Reuters:;;The OECD crack down on tax havens has been nearly powerless.

Reuters:   Germany and the UK want a larger Goldman inquiry.

WSJ:   The SEC is looking into whether other firms made deals like Goldman did.

WSJ:   The probe into CountryWide is quickening.

WSJ:   A rising yuan could drive up commodities prices and hurt the US dollar.

WSJ:   United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) has contingency firms for flying.

WSJ:   Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) may have trouble paying its dividend.

WSJ:   Goldman knew federal officials were examining its actions but were surprised by the charges.

WSJ:   China put $20 billion into Venezuela to strengthen ties.

WSJ:   Mortgage foreclosure fell last month according to a survey,

WSJ:   A move in the yuan may not help US industry.

WSJ:   Kraft , Inc’s (NYSE: KFT)CEO Irene Rosenfeld’s contentious win of Cadbury gave her new ways to sell Oreos and Tang.

WSJ:   The FDA is weighing whether to halt a safety study involving thousands of patients taking GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s (NYSE: GSK)  Avandia diabetes drug.

WSJ:   The profit growth of major companies is likely to slow.

WSJ:   The Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is having trouble selling on campus

WSJ:   Apple moved around board members to be in concert with federal regulation.

NYT:   Top Goldman executives personally oversaw the firm’s mortgage unit.

NYT:   Democrats are picking up momentum on regulation after the Goldman suit.

NYT:   Airlines may begin to fly in Europe again.

NYT:   Some companies are slow to take to cloud computing.

FT:   Brown of the UK said Goldman  and others suffered from moral issues.

FT:   The bailout of Greece will be a hard balancing act for the IMF and Eurozone nations.

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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