Media Digest 7/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Published: July 13, 2010 3:53 am

Last Updated: July 13, 2010 5:26 am

MarketWatch: Moody’s downgraded Portugal two notches to A1

Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) will test a new oil cap in place.

Reuters: The Wall St. reform bill is nearing a final vote

Reuters: Most Americans lack faith in Obama.

Reuters: American International Group’s (NYSE: AIG) board will meet to determine plans for AIA.Reuters: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) said that PC-based tablets will be better than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad.

Reuters: Avis-Budget (NYSE: CAR) topped the bid of Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) to buy Dollar-Thrifty.

WSJ: A new oil drilling ban will hurt the industry.

WSJ: Consumer Reports put out a bad review of the iPhone 4.

WSJ: Slow business access to credit hurts the economy.

WSJ: The US subpoenaed Wall St banks on mortgage securities.

WSJ: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell Corporation (NYSE: DELL), and Fujitsu LTD will sell Microsoft’s new Azure cloud computing product.

WSJ: The growth in China’s property market slowed.

WSJ: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) may have withheld information about its Avandia drug.

WSJ: Florida banks want a pass on new government balance sheet regulations.

NYT Debt collection lawsuits are crowding courts.

NYT: China factories are competing for labor

FT: The BP plc spill will cost UK and US in tax receipts.

FT: Alcoa’s (NYSE: AA) earnings were stronger than expected.

FT: China put 1 billion euros in Spain’s bonds.

Bloomberg: Some European banks will dodge new capital rules.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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