Media Digest (9/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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World stocks rise on the hope that the eurozone will address its financial problems. (Reuters)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares fall because of rumors that iPad production is low. (Reuters)

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) to buy back shares. (Reuters)

The SEC may charge S&P because of ratings of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters)

Nokia Siemens will move into the router business. (Reuters)

Asian firms that launched mobile operating systems will have little success against Apple and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters)

The inspector general of the FHFA said Freddie Mac could have recouped billions of dollars in claims over default mortgages. (WSJ)

Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) shares fall as the company takes $160 million from a credit facility, which raises issues about its cash balance. (WSJ)

U.S. officials will review whether Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) paid bribes to get business in Europe. (WSJ)

The Air Line Pilots Association sues United Continental (NYSE: UAL) over work rules. (WSJ)

Utica Shale in Ohio may be one of the next large shale oil fields. (WSJ)

UAW negotiations with Ford (NYSE: F) accelerate. (WSJ)

Lenovo and Compal to jointly launch a tablet PC. (WSJ)

The ECB cuts its purchase of sovereign bonds issued in the region. (WSJ)

The OECD and the International Labour Office say unemployment is a large risk to recovery in the developed world. (WSJ)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) reaches a deal to distribute Fox premium content. (WSJ)

Problems at Nokia (NYSE: NOK) hurt its suppliers. (WSJ)

A third of natural gas found in North Dakota is wasted as production companies cannot use it. (NYT)

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may cut a large number of jobs. (NYT)

Martha Stewart rejoins the board of Martha Steward Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO). (NYT)

China suspends some military ties with the U.S. as it objects to American sales of arms to Taiwan. (FT)

Google+ gains subscribers quickly. (Bloomberg)

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) has more cash than Apple. (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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