Media Digest (9/14/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is at work on a plan to repay its government aid.

Reuters:   The yen hit a new 15-year high.

Reuters:   Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) new Halo game hopes to drive video game sales.

Reuters:   China’s top online video sites have prepared for IPOs.

WSJ:   Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) plans to rely more on consumer banking and less on acquisitions.

WSJ:   Companies are at work to block the Obama jobs proposal.

WSJ:   Volvo will have three new plants in China so it can double sales abroad.

WSJ:   New ads will target McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) as a company that causes heart disease.

WSJ:   Renaissance Technologies will keep several funds that it planned to close open for business.

WSJ:   Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will launch six new hybrids in two years.

WSJ:   Microsoft has continued to struggle in the mobile search market.

WSJ:   Philips has set plans to grow faster than global GDP.

WSJ:   Elizabeth Warren may run the new consumer protection commission for a brief while.

WSJ:   The government wants to separate gas lines from residential areas after an explosion in San Bruno.

WSJ:   Violent crime dropped, according to the FBI

WSJ:   The EU will raise tariff on some aluminum from China.

WSJ:   Greece’s truckers staged a strike.

WSJ:   Retailers believe Christmas sales could be weak.

WSJ:   The rate of IPOs has begun to pick up.

WSJ:   The Treasury will sell $55 billion in notes.

NYT:   The latest trend in printing is 3D.

NYT:   Bacteria that may live in water that cannot be used by humans may be useful to create new products.

NYT:   Authors of medical articles still have undisclosed ties to medical companies.

NYT:   The IMF says governments must focus on jobs

NYT:   There is still work to be done for the creation of bank regulation.

FT:   The Basel III accords may change the face of US banking.

FT:   The fees to restructure Lehman have moved past $2 billion.

FT:   Bank of America could sell $100 billion of assets.

FT:   Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will unveil a new generation of smartphones.

Bloomberg:   Bernanke’s 2011 predictions may decide whether the Fed buys bonds.

Bloomberg:   Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will set a debt issue for dividends and share buybacks.

Douglas A. McIntyre