Media Digest 8/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: August 13, 2010 4:02 am

Last Updated: August 13, 2010 6:09 am

Reuters: The GM CEO will leave as the company has its IPO.

‘Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) over Android.

Reuters: Germany raised its forecast for the second half

Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) top lawyer is being questioned.

Reuters: India gave Research In Motion until the end of August to make adjustments to the BlackBerry.

Reuters: India will target Google and Skype messaging.

WSJ: Germany’s economy grew at the fastest pace in 20 years

WSJ: Cable TV companies are building applications to allow people to watch mobile TV.

WSJ: Problems have emerged in the Irish banking sector.

WSJ: The number of car dealers is falling.

WSJ: Germany may place limits on Google.

WSJ: A law firm sued HP over its firing of Mark Hurd.

WSJ: The head of Sprint-Nextel’s (NYSE: S) product group left.

NYT: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) violated a court order by not turning over required documents.

NYT: Ron Burkle nominated three members for the Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) board.

FT: The US is probing corruption at big pharma companies.

FT: Google’s Android passed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in mobile operating systems worldwide.

Bloomberg: The largest M&A deals of the boom lost a portion of their $10 trillion value, lead by Sprint-Nextel and McClatchy.

Bloomberg: Sales from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) may signal a slowdown in corporate tech spending.

Bloomberg: Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 outsold the Nintendo Wii and Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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