Media Digest 8/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Research In Motion will share some BlackBerry code with the Saudis.

Reuters:  The dollar hit a 15-month low compared to the yen

Reuters:   India will decide whether to restrict the BlackBerry.

Reuters:   Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) will sell its tablet with an AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) contract for $200.

Reuters:   KKR will start in fund-raising in the next few quarters.

WSJ:   Boom makers say BP plc (NYSE: BP) left them with unused inventory.

WSJ:   Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) board was surprised at the aggressive defense Mark Hurd gave of his tenure.

WSJ:   Companies are buying equipment and software but mostly to replace old products.

WSJ:   GM expects its largest profit in six years.

WSJ:   A study shows the most crashes of Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) cars resulted from driver error.

WSJ:   Worries about Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) mapping products have spread to nations outside the US.

WSJ:   Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) profits rose on income from movies and sports.

WSJ:   The Fed said the economy has slowed and will invest the proceeds of maturing mortgages in Treasuries.

WSJ:   Federal judges said 300 suits against BP will be heard in New Orleans.

WSJ:   Advances in biosciences may make it easier for people to spread pathogens

WSJ:   The House approved a $26 billion package to aid states.

WSJ:   Oil companies must disclose payments to foreign governments.

WSJ:   Excessive delays on US runways are down.

WSJ:   Regulators say some financial reforms are not realistic and must be changed.

WSJ:   Ten-year Treasury yields fell after the Fed said the economy has slowed.

NYT;   Rich American’s taxes would rise sharply under a Obama plan, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.

FT:   China’s economy showed further signs of slowing.

FT:   US regulators are upping control of Wall St. risk.

FT:   Demand for long-term debt rose after the Fed’s comments.

FT:   KKR and TPG may be interested in Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) buyout fund.

Bloomberg:   Google will increase acquisitions as some internal projects falter.

Bloomberg:   Dealers cannot get cars as manufacturers carefully control inventory.

Bloomberg:   Boeing (NYSE: BA) is making more inspections of its 787 fleet.

Bloomberg:   A poll by Bloomberg says economists expect US growth to drop to 2.55% in the second half.

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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