Media Digest (4/21/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Paulson & Co defended itself in its role in the Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) charges.

Reuters:   Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may buy ITA which provides airline flight data.

Reuters:   Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue missed targets as search ads fell.

Reuters:   Some Paulson & Co. clients may take out money.

Reuters:   EADS will bid for a $50 billion tanker project sought by Boeing Corp (NYSE: BA).

Reuters:   Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) numbers well surpassed expectations.

WSJ:   The SEC may set up rules to keep banks from masking debt using financial instruments.

WSJ:   The 100% plus increase in iPhone sales helped Apple’s results.

WSJ:   Commercial-mortgage defaults are forcing many lenders to restructure debt.

WSJ:   The IMF wants banks to pay a tax to cover future costs of shut downs.

WSJ:   Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) detailed requests from governments for private search information.

WSJ:   Net income at Coca Cola (NYSE: KO) rose 30%.

WSJ:   Wynn (NASDAQ: WYNN) plans to build a casino in Macau.

WSJ:   MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) will change its name to MGM Resorts.

WSJ:   European wind energy advocates are looking at adding capacity in the seas.

WSJ:   Results for AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) should be modest.

WSJ:   China set new regulations for presales of land by property firms.

NYT:   The Associated Press-GfK Poll shows US buyers have begun to favor American cars.

FT:   The IMF and EU has begun talks to bail out Greece.

FT:   Google says a number of governments have tried to get access to its user information.

Bloomberg: Committees for Democratic Congressional candidates entered April with $22 million more than Republican rival funds.

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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