Media Digest 4/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: April 27, 2010 3:59 am

Last Updated: April 27, 2010 12:50 pm

Reuters: A new panel to address the budget deficit will start work.

Reuters: A lawyer for Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said it is not an “evil empire.”

Reuters: The euro slipped on concern about Greek aid.

Reuters: Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) showed its new operating system.

WSJ: The finance bill in the Senate was hurt by a major vote.

WSJ: The Senate is set for a showdown with Goldman.

WSJ: A major bias suit against Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will move forward.

WSJ: Higher oil prices helped the results of BP plc (NYSE: BP).

WSJ: Investors are buying derivatives based on the defaults of some cities.

WSJ: Google, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) will not make its Nexus One compatible with the Verizon Wireless system.

WSJ: UAL, Inc (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental (NYSE: CAL) are in a fight over price in their merger talks.

WSJ: The BP oil spill could reach land within days.

WSJ: The Treasury will begin to sell some Citigroup (NYSE: C) shares.

WSJ: GM will begin to hire new workers.

WSJ: Google’s market share in China fell.

WSJ: Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) reported a lower net and outlook.

WSJ: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) increased its production.

WSJ: Sales at the Ford Motor (NYSE: F) financial arm are likely to fall.

WSJ: Ford may have trouble cutting more costs.

WSJ: The short interest on NASDAQ and NYSE rose.

WSJ: Problems at Goldman have caused Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to trade close to the large bank on some metrics.

WSJ: The Treasury will sell $40 billion in notes this week.

NYT: More than 130 companies have retained lobbyists to help counter bills being debated in Congress.

NYT: Goldman faces new allegations about trading mortgages.

NYT: Analysts say that most of the $12.6 billion in home credits went to people who would have bought anyway

NYT: AstraZenaca will pay $520 million for improperly marketing a drug.

FT: Insurers will be hit by global financial crisis legislation.

FT: Wall St. was helped by profit surges at Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR).

Bloomberg: Deutsche Banks’s (NYSE: DB) profits rose 48%.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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