Media Digest (10/10/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Dexia rescued, part nationalized and part receives guarantees from Belgium. (Reuters)

Germany and France agree to crisis plans for the region’s banks. (Reuters)

A huge growth of debt in China could cause a hard landing by its economy. (Reuters)

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) founder Jerry Yang and private equity interests may make an offer for the company he cofounded. (Reuters)

Analysts begin to expect a weak earnings season. (Reuters)

LG launches a new 4G phone. (Reuters)

BNP Paribas and Societe Generale say they will not raise a rumored $9.4 billion. (Reuters)

Volatile swings indicate the stock market will likely fall. (WSJ)

The Administration uses parts of the federal government to bring foreign investment to the U.S. (WSJ)

Superior Energy to buy Complete Production Services (NYSE: CPX) for $2.7 billion. (WSJ)

As the federal government steps out of the mortgage market, more private lenders worry about the downside results. (WSJ)

Housing and fuel cost fall in China. (WSJ)

The Tea Party attacks General Electric (NYSE: GE) over its ties to Obama and its business in China. (WSJ)

Corporate profits may be hurt by the rise of the value in relationship to the euro. (WSJ)

Talks between the UAW and Chrysler near a resolution. (WSJ)

Demand for business jets weakens. (WSJ)

China closes some Walmart (NYSE: WMT) stores over pork sales. (WSJ)

Toyota (NYSE: TM) to export cars from India to South Africa. (WSJ)

More viewers move from broadcast TV to cable. (WSJ)

Paulson funds badly hit by a gold sell-off. (WSJ)

Wall St. is concerned about bank earnings. (WSJ)

Pensions under pressure to reduce performance forecasts as investment returns around the world slow. (WSJ)

Saudi Arabia says there is no need to change oil production. (WSJ)

Regular wage earners in China are not paid enough to participate in much of the consumer economy. (NYT)

Wireless company profits damaged by technology that allows text messages to bypass carrier charges. (NYT)

UK prime minister says the eurozone only has weeks to get its financial house in order before a systemic collapse. (FT)

Hedge funds have their worst quarter since 2008. (FT)

Forecasters think the U.S. will barely dodge a recession. (Bloomberg)

Alibaba talks to Singapore sovereign fund Temasek about a bid for Yahoo! (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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