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

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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