Media Digest (10/5/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Bank of Japan moved rates to zero

Reuters:   September retail sales were probably up due to promotions.

Reuters:   Obama said the fiscal situation was untenable.

Reuters:   Twitter appointed a new CEO.

Reuters:   Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) set a number of content deals with media firms for its new TV product.

Reuters:   Hard drive makers face a challenge with tablets.

Reuters:   Advisers for Potash (NYSE: POT) said a bid from BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) would be better than one from China and would involve fewer budget cuts.

WSJ:   VW plans to make aggressive moves to increase its small US market share.

WSJ:   Banks in the US and EU  have put money into more conservative investments.

WSJ:   Televisa will put $1.2 billion into rival Univision

WSJ:   Bernanke says more asset purchase could help the economy.

WSJ:   Moody’s warned on its Ireland rating.

WSJ:   The CEO of Ford Motor (NYSE: F) said his new focus was Lincoln.

WSJ:   The US has filed an antitrust suit against American Express (NYSE: AXP)

WSJ:   Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will try to block a patent suit.

WSJ:   Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) says the bond rally is over.

WSJ:   The ECB increased it bond buying.

WSJ:   The Central Bank of Ireland warned that the government would have to cut costs.

WSJ:   KKR approached Sara Lee about a buyout.

WSJ:   The FCC asked for more details of  Comcast’s (CMCSA) plans to buy a majority stake of NBC Universal.

WSJ:  Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) has repaired 5 million of the cars it recalled.

WSJ:   Skype hired a Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) executive as CEO.

WSJ:   Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will buy Spanish internet retailer BuyVip.

WSJ:   The Institute of International Finance says the G20 cannot deal with currency issues.

WSJ:   The AIG (NYSE: AIG) AIA IPO should net taxpayers $15 billion.

NYT:   Samsung will launch its tablet globally next year.

NYT:   Japan has begun to recycle key material from electronics parts.

NYT:   Two e-books will cost more than their paper alternatives.

NYT:   Toshiba will offer 3D TV that requires no glasses.

Bloomberg:   UBS has begun work to handle the wealth of the super-rich in Asia.

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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