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Media Digest 8/16/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Japan’s Q2 CGP was only .1% or a rate of .4% for the year.

Reuters:   Worries about growth have moved from Europe to the US.

Reuters:   Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) may sell part of its share in Blackrock (NYSE: BLK)

Reuters:   Hulu will have a IPO which values that company at over $2 billion.

Reuters:   Ten-year yields hit a 16 month low on slow growth.

Reuters:   Gold moved up sharply and oil moved up on a weak dollar.

Reuters:   A Hong-Kong company plan to launch 3-D porn products.

Reuters:   A group in China may make a bid for 30% of American International Group’s (NYSE: AIG) AIA.

WSJ:   A settlement  between Mark Hurd and a Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) consultant was done without the input of the company’s board.

WSJ:   China’s GDP passed Japan’s

WSJ:   The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iAd business is off to a slow start.

WSJ:   The CEO of Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) is concerned about proposed plans for net neutrality.

WSJ:   Crude oil prices are now effected more by the stock market than anything else.

WSJ:   Boomers will have a drag effect on the economy has they cut spending in the face of the slowing economy and the decelerating growth of their retirement funds.

WSJ:   The slowing of the housing market is preventing a restructuring of Fannie Mae.

WSJ:   Spending on infrastructure from the stimulus package has been slow.

WSJ:   New start ups will target chips with server farms.

WSJ:   Federal authorities are looking at the GE (NYSE: GE) capital arm which may cause write-downs.

NYT:   Some of Google Inc (NYSE: GOOG) partners do not like its net  neutrality plans.

FT:   US banks will have access to a new Fed security buyback window.

FT:   US lending may need to be overhauled to help housing.

Bloomberg:   China favors the euro over the dollar.

Bloomberg:   Back to school slow shopping pace may hurt margins at retailers.

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