Media Digest (10/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: October 6, 2010 4:07 am

Last Updated: October 6, 2010 6:13 am

Reuters: George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem.

Reuters: China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece.

Reuters: China ignored EU comments about the yuan.

Reuters: Congress wants investigations into foreclosures.

Reuters: Retail experts believe holiday sales will be relatively good.

Reuters: Gold and oil both rose.

Reuters: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Verizon Wireless will sell phones aimed at business.

Reuters: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) denied Android copyright claims by Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL).

Reuters: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will continue its quest to buy Crucell.

Reuters: GE (NYSE: GE) said Wellstream rejected its $1.2 billion bid.

WSJ: Central banks are aggressively at work on programs to stimulate their local economies.

WSJ: Holiday sales will be based heavily on discounts, according to The National Retail Federation.

WSJ: The US changed crash tests to make it harder to get the highest five star rating.

WSJ: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) will offer rebates for its Lexus cars.

WSJ: NPD Group and Gartner say laptop sales have been hurt by tablet sales.

WSJ: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has turned to Google to distribute content across the web.

WSJ: USA Today cut 35 newsroom jobs.

WSJ: GM will build a compact car under the Buick brand.

WSJ: Motorola said it is open to running Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mobile software on its smartphones.

WSJ: A number of retailers set up a program to compete with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN).

WSJ: The IMF meeting will likely focus on to curb currency valuation increases in Asian and Latin America.

WSJ: The EU may make it harder for China telecom equipment makers to do business in the region.

WSJ: Novartis said discontinued drugs will damage its sales.

WSJ: Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) said profits rose on sales in China.

WSJ: Qualcomm (NYSE: QCOM) stopped sales of mobile video devices.

WSJ: The ILFC aircraft lease unit of American International Group (NYSE: AIG) may be spun off.

WSJ: Reis Inc said rent prices moved up in the third quarter.

NYT: The National Retail Federation said holiday retail job increases will be low.

NYT: The federal government says the bailout costs are $29 billion.

FT: The IMF said its was concerned about currency wars.

FT: Wall St. said banks earnings will drop.

FT: Republicans plan to dismantle health care reform

Bloomberg: VW will sell more mid-sized vehicles in China.

Bloomberg: Wall St says women workers are not worth as much as men.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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