Media Digest (5/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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Glencore’s IPO will be for about $11 billion. (Reuters)

The slide of the dollar has caused concerns about how it may hurt the stability of the credit markets. (Reuters)

Portugal set a bailout with the EU and IMF but it will require support from legislators. (Reuters)

Crude dropped on a belief that the US has continued to build supply and that China’s economy is slowing. (Reuters)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) upgraded its iMac line with new processors from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NYSE: AMD). (Reuters)

Sony (NYSE: SNE) hire experts to handle the aftermath of hackers breaking into its PlayStation network. (Reuters)

The plans for mobile payments systems have slowed. (Reuters)

The AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile deal will get further scrutiny from the government. (Reuters)

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) rose on rumors of a Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) bid. (Reuters)

The chief of NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) said a deal with Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE would kill jobs. (Reuters)

Offers for Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) are now in front of its board. (Reuters)

George Soros and other hedge fund managers have been selling silver and gold. (WSJ)

BMW revenue rose sharply as did earnings. (WSJ)

The sale of Areva helped Siemen’s results. (WSJ)

Gas prices helped the sales of small cars. (WSJ)

The Institute of International Finance says demand for banks loans in emerging markets has risen sharply. (WSJ)

The OECD said that income inequality in developed nations is often the results of expertise in technology. (WSJ)

BP plc (NYSE: BP) will pay a $25 million fine for an Alaska oil spill. (WSJ)

Bain & Co. said sales of luxury goods were on a sharp upswing.  (WSJ)

AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Hearst now market huge ads that spread across much of an online page. (WSJ)

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) earnings rose but revenue was off partially due to Lipitor sales. (WSJ)

Slow global GDP growth and a flight to safety has helped drive Treasury rates down. (WSJ)

A new study commissioned by the Asia Society in New York and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington says the US may not be able to invest outside its borders at a pace with China over the next few years. (NYT)

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is marketing use of its Chrome browser as a way to increase its search traffic. (NYT)

The UN said the world will have a population of more than 10 billion people by the end of the century. (NYT)

A key Greek official said the nation will not seek a restructuring of its loans, (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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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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