Media Digest 7/0/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   The US did not name China a currency manipulator.

Reuters:   Most money managers don’t believe the U.S. is in a double-dip recession — yet.

Reuters:   The IMF said housing and unemployment could hurt the recovery.

Reuters:   Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) say it is confident of getting a China license.

Reuters:   Cable companies and TV networks will consider smaller programming bundles for subscribers.Reuters:   KKR plans an shale oil gas exploration business.

Reuters:   Tudor Colony will buy Miramax from The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).

WSJ:   The US and Russia will swap spies.

WSJ:   BC Partners and Silver Lake Partners have agreed to purchase health care company MultiPlan.

WSJ:   GE (NYSE: GE) faces increased competition in the Chinese market.

WSJ:   The ECB will end support of European bond markets.

WSJ:   Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) gave out data on payments to doctors.

WSJ:   The US pressured China on the value of the yuan.

WSJ:   June retail sales were weak.

WSJ:   Facebook will sell ads based on which people have friends with similar interests.

WSJ:   China luxury car sales soared.

WSJ:   Merck & Co. will close plants and fire 16,000 workers.

WSJ:   Europe is keeping most details of bank stress tests secret.

WSJ:   Man Group may start selling investment products in China.

NYT:   The wealthy have begun defaulting on mortgages.

NYT:   HTC is bringing more patent suits against other smartphone makers.

NYT:   Greece voted to overhaul pensions despite objections from unions.

NYT:    Airbus is facing questions about whether its bid for an Air Force tanker contract will be helped because it has European financial support which critics say gives it an unfair advantage over Boeing. (NYSE:BA)

FT:   China’s Huawei will try to make a large equipment sale to Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S).

FT:   Trichet played down worries about Europe’s economy.

FT:   China is making record purchase of Japan debt.

FT:   Hulu may launch a global pay platform.

Bloomberg:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) debt is staging a comeback in capital markets.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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