Media Digest (4/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: April 28, 2010 3:48 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2010 5:49 am

Reuters: The Fed will probably say it will keep rates low.

Reuters: Republicans have come up with their own bank reform plan.

Reuters: Wellpoint says it will stop dropping patients.

Reuters: Oil continued to fall on global credit issues and abundant supply.

Reuters: The euro hit a one year low.

Reuters: Senators warned Facebook about its privacy issues.

WSJ: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was defiant at its Senate hearing.

WSJ: Republicans blocked the finance bill again.

WSJ: The SEC is looking into mechanisms that keep hedge funds clients from withdrawing capital.

WSJ: Honda (NYSE: HMC) made money.

WSJ: The sovereign credit crisis in Europe spread to Spain.

WSJ: Walmart (NYSE: WMT) may begin to build large numbers of small stores.

WSJ: Boeing (NYSE: BA) delayed shipments of fuselages for the 787.

WSJ: Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is pushing its new biotech drugs.

WSJ: Bernanke urged a cut in the deficit.

WSJ: Harbinger Capital Partners has hired the former head of France Telecom Orange to work on its US high-speed internet operation.

WSJ: The head of Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) consumer products division is likely to cut costs.

WSJ: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bought a start-up involved in its chip design.

WSJ: Biotech firms that work on crop speed see their approval time lengthening.

WSJ: TSCM earnings rose on higher demand for chips.

WSJ: Swiss banks are clamping down on tax dodgers.

WSJ: Lazard says it is seeing a pick-up in deals.

WSJ: The Democrats are using Goldman to push bank reform.

WSJ: A judge rejected a plea deal for a flawed Guidant heart device.

FT: China increased tariffs on US exports of chicken parts.

FT: The IMF may put more money into a Greek bailout.

FT: Brazil will raise its rates as GDP moves up 6% this year.

Bloomberg: Neil Barofsky may charge some in a cover-up of AIG (NYSE: AIG) finances.

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