Media Digest (10/25/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   What might have become a currency war before the G20 has turned to very tentative cooperation.

Reuters:  Emerging nations will have more say in IMF policies.

WSJ:   Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) said it had found mistakes in a number of mortgages.

Reuters:   The recovery of states and cities may be the single more important element to GDP.

Reuters:   Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) has plans to stay independent.

Reuters:   Italy has ordered Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) to mark Street View cars.

Reuters:   Video games based on music are losing market share.

Reuters:   Jaguar and Land Rover plan to move more aggressively in China through joint ventures.

WSJ:   The  Singapore Exchange has offered $8.2 billion for the main stock exchange in Australia.

WSJ:   The Obama deficit panel is close to the point at where it will issue a report with suggestion for cuts that will be unpopular.

WSJ:   The sales of electric vehicles are likely to be slow.

WSJ:   The SEC will make it easier for its staff to review all complaints.

WSJ:   Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) will aim its Nook product and e-books at children.

WSJ:   Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will allow people to share e-books.

WSJ:   Japan companies now send more manufacturing overseas.

WSJ:   Strikes in France may begin to harm businesses.

WSJ:   EADS, the parent of Airbus, may begin M&A activity.

WSJ:   Firms that supply mobile broadband will grow quickly.

WSJ:   The FDA did not approve Arena’s locaserin obesity drug.

WSJ:   The Consumer Product Safety Commission will warn China about problems with toys.

WSJ:   Amazon.com received a tax bill from Texas for $269 million.

WSJ:   BMW will begin to rent luxury cars in Germany.

WSJ:   Liberal arts majors make less than those with degrees as engineers.

WSJ:   California will begin the issuance of a large amount of fixed income paper.

WSJ:   JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will launch a copper ETF.

NYT:    As Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android improves market share more app makers have begun to make programs for it.

NYT:   Some books have begun to come to market as apps.

FT:   More US homeowners are able to stay in homes after defaults.

FT:   India may be $11 billion in US fighter planes.

FT:   Fear about shortages in rare metals had made their prices spike.

FT:   Apple is likely to make only modest M&A deals.

Bloomberg:   Daimler has made progress in an agreement with an electric car company backed by Warren Buffett.

Bloomberg:   An increase in refinancing has helped banks.

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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