Media Digest (4/20/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) password operation was hit by cyberattacks.

Reuters:   A leading political party in Germany is urging that the nation not deal with Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS).

Reuters:   The fortunes of Asian car companies are improving.

Reuters:   Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will try to block a request for information from North Carolina’s state government.

Reuters:   Asian chip makers are seeing improved demand and Samsung may raise its  capex.

Reuters:   The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said the Treasury should revisit a plan to get banks to write down underwater mortgages.

Reuters:   Goldman may get an ex-White House counsel to help it.

Reuters:   Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is facing criticism for updated versions of Pampers.

Reuters:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) recalled a Lexus SUV that may roll over.

Reuters:   Former CEO Richard Fuld said he knew nothing about troubling accounting practices at Lehman.

Reuters:   Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) posted its best results in three years.

Reuters:   International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) raised its outlook.

Reuters:   The US is close to a decision on China’s currency.

WSJ:   The vote to charge Goldman Sachs Group was along party lines.

WSJ:   A group of senior Goldman managers approved the mortgage deal that the SEC is prosecuting.

WSJ:   Hackers got into Google’s password code.

WSJ:   Tech firms like Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) are raising money through debt.

WSJ:   Drug companies raised the cost of their products by 9.1% last year.

WSJ:   The Greek debt crisis will probably get worse.

WSJ:   The Supreme Court will look at a whether Costco Warehouses (NASDAQ: COST) is liable for the sales of third-party luxury watches.

WSJ:   Companies with international sales are reporting better earnings than those who do not.

WSJ:   Vaccine orders lifted the earnings at Novartis (NYSE:   NVS).

WSJ:   Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone got into the hands of bloggers.

WSJ:   The wind of the Great Lakes may help wind turbines.

WSJ:   Sumner Redstone made $33 million as chairman of CBS Inc (NYSE: CBS) and Viacom Inc (NYSE: VIA)

WSJ:   Citi’s trading group may not be able to keep up its big contribution to earnings.

WSJ:   UAL, Inc (NASDAQ: UAUA) has a strong balance sheet to help it in merger discussions.

WSJ:   GM will increase it loan repayments to the government.

WSJ:   Youku, China’s top video site, is fighting piracy.

NYT:   Goldman employees are supporting CEO Blankfein.

NYT:   The appliance cash for clunkers deal is working well.

FT:   American International Group (NYSE: AIG) may sue Goldman over a CDO deal.

FT:   The financial regulation bill will go to the Senate floor.

FT:   India raised a key interest rate for the second time in a month.

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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