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

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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