Media Digest 6/24/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: June 24, 2010 3:51 am

Last Updated: June 24, 2010 5:08 am

Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) began to siphon oil again.

Reuters: The Wall St. reform bill is almost done.

Reuters: Venezuela will nationalize some oil rigs owned by a US company.

Reuters: The Fed weakened its view of the economy.

Reuters: Senators are not satisfied with the Chinese move on the yuan.

Reuters: Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Motorola will battle the iPhone with the Droid XReuters: Providence Equity is in talks to buy Hasbro (NYSE: HAS).

Reuters: GM is preparing its IPO and is in talks with financial firms to provide loans to car buyers.

WSJ: The demand for the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is strong in Japan.

WSJ: Google, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) won a landmark copyright case against Viacom (NYSE: VIA) over YouTube content.

WSJ: Ford Motor (NYSE: F) will put $450 million into a plant in Thailand.

WSJ: Fannie Mae will levy penalties on some people who default on loans.

WSJ: Apple’s iPhone is making inroads in the corporate market, a threat to the Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry.

WSJ: Apple filed a new lawsuit against HTC.

WSJ: BP’s spill plans were based on faulty US data.

NYT: Private equity firms now have $500 billion.

FT: Facebook has begun to target China and Russia.

Bloomberg: Apple may sell 1 million iPhones today.

Bloomberg: Toyota and Nissan plants were hit by strikes in China.

Bloomberg: Lions Gate is holding merger talks with MGM.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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