Media

Media Digest (6/17/2010)

Reuters:   The head of BP plc (NYSE: BP) is about to testify before Congress.

Reuters:   Spain may use 30 billion euros to support its faltering banks.

Reuters:   Oil moved above $77 and gold prices rose.

Reuters:   The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4G set sales records.

Reuters:   Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) will launch embedded devices during the holidays.

WSJ:   A deal is near regarding the Fed’s governance.

WSJ:   A new Medicare study found untapped savings.

WSJ:   Industrial activity is rising as housing falls.

WSJ:   Citigroup (NYSE: C) will halt some Gulf foreclosures.

NYT:   Civil fines may be costing BP tens of millions of dollars a day.

NYT:   There is a fight over whether a pill to treat female sexual dysfunction is safe.

NYT:   The labor movement in China is helped by technology that can link workers throughout the country.

NYT:   France and Spain are aggressively cutting budgets.

FT:   A new technology from Google could hurt media aggregators.

FT:   Spain will disclose its bank stress test results.

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