Media Digest 6/2/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: June 2, 2010 4:03 am

Last Updated: June 2, 2010 5:37 am

Reuters: The prime minister of Japan resigned.

Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) may have an IPO for AIA.

Reuters: Apple Inc.s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs finds suicides at Foxconn disturbing.

Reuters: The US is fighting a bid by Transocean (NYSE: RIG) to limit its liability.

Reuters: The US opened a criminal probe into the BP plc (NYSE: BP) spill.

Reuters: Nintendo will cut prices on it DS is Japan.

WSJ: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will try to create products to catch the iPad

WSJ: Delta (NYSE: DAL) faces fights with unions over its UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) merger.

WSJ: Icahn extended his offer for Lions Gate.

WSJ: Citigroup (NYSE: C) will keeps it CitiFinance operation for sale.

WSJ: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) restructured its services group.

WSJ: The US will probe Ford Motor (NYSE: NYSE: F) floor mat problems.

WSJ: Most consumers do not know their broadband speeds.

WSJ: Amgen (NYSE: AMGN) received approval for a drug that treats women’s fragile bones.

WSJ: China will help hybrid buyers.

WSJ: German aid for Opel is in trouble.

WSJ: Chipmakers boosted capacity.

WSJ: Automakers are relying less on sales gimmicks.

WSJ: Oil dropped 1.9%.

NYT: A dispute over wages at Honda Motor (NYSE: HMC) shows Japan how tough China business can be.

NYT: Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) will sell tickets on Facebook.

NYT: Spain is having trouble deciding the road to austerity.

FT: Carlos Ghosn of Nissan sees a record year for the car industry

Bloomberg: A drop in BP shares increased takeover speculation.

Bloomberg: Facebook’s 500 million users drew a 4x increase in ad sales.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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