Media Digest (9/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

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IMF head Lagarde shows independence from Europe in many of her decisions. (Reuters)

The Justice Department sues to block AT&T (NYSE: T) buyout of T-Mobile. (Reuters)

Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) tablet PCs to be priced at $499 and $599, making it harder for them to challenge sales of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. (Reuters)

A new lawsuit says Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) tracks customer behavior without consent. (Reuters)

Japan regulators back merger of the LCD businesses of Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi (NYSE: HIT). (Reuters)

In an agreement with New York State, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to end robo-signing. (WSJ)

New data shows the rebound of the German economy continues. (WSJ)

Bank of New York’s (NYSE: BK) board pushes out CEO Robert P. Kelly. (WSJ)

Brazil’s central bank makes an unexpected rate cut. (WSJ)

Facebook adds new music services. (WSJ)

Apple criticized for its environmental practices in China. (WSJ)

The U.S. wastes as much as $60 billion on contracts during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (WSJ)

Banks working on T-Mobile deal buyout could lose $150 million in fees. (WSJ)

Switzerland greatly cuts the size of its stimulus package. (WSJ)

Eurozone inflation flat in August. (WSJ)

UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) buys a partnership of 2,300 doctors in California. (WSJ)

SEC seeks comments about the use of derivatives by mutual funds. (WSJ)

IMF and eurozone economists fight over bank balance sheet projections. (FT)

August junk bond deals at their lowest since 1995. (FT)

Sony says access to content will make its tablet PCs more attractive to consumers. (Bloomberg)

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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