Media Digest 11/24/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: November 24, 2010 3:58 am

Last Updated: April 28, 2020 1:14 am

Reuters: SAP will pay Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) $1.3 billion for copyright infringement.

Reuters: The FBI sent warnings to a number of more hedge funds.

Reuters: The euro fell to two month lows on concerns about Portugal and Spain.

Reuters: A University of Texas research team found Facebook makes people more social.

Reuters: comScore said e-commerce expenditures would be up 11% for the holidays.

Reuters: Opera Software said mobile web usage rose sharply in October.

Reuters: J Crew (NYSE: JCG) will take a $2.8 billion buyout but there may be other bids.

Reuters: Acer launched its new tablet PCs.

WSJ: Spain and Portugal bonds were hit by fears of default.

WSJ: The Federal Reserve chopped its forecasts for job and GDP growth.

WSJ: FDIC data shows that while large banks have become more healthy, the same is not true for a number of smaller ones.

WSJ: Third quarter profits grew at an annual rate of $1.66 trillion , according to the Commerce Department.

WSJ: Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.2% in October.

WSJ: Spain pressed the case that it is financially healthy.

WSJ: Dispersants cut the size of the Gulf spill more than expected, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

WSJ: Dynegy shareholders turned down an offer from Blackstone.

WSJ: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed put $500 million into the GM IPO.

WSJ: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may show Miramax films on YouTube.

WSJ: The SEC said asset-backed bonds may be sold without credit rating reviews.

NYT: Real estate investors have begun to put more money into apartment towers.

FT: The Fed held a secret meeting about long-term rates and QE2

FT: Ireland will buy most of the Bank of Ireland.

FT; Discount retailers will get a great deal of shopper traffic this year.

Bloomberg: S&P cut its Ireland rating by two notches.

Bloomberg: Representatives of Portuguese unions began to strike

Bloomberg: Cerberus will try to sell Chrysler Financial.

Bloomberg: There are now derivatives to trade Facebook shares.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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