Media Digest (3/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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Statements by Bernanke about the uneven economy push stocks down. (Reuters)

Chinese factory activity grows more than expected in February. (Reuters)

Facebook sets new advertising tools for major marketers ahead of its IPO. (Reuters)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) releases Windows 8 for consumer tests. (Reuters)

An alliance between General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Peugeot is meant to cut costs. (Reuters)

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) may set new fees for its consumer customers. (WSJ)

Mobile companies will offer more limited use of the web in exchange for tiered service. (WSJ)

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association to decide whether Greek CDS instruments will be paid. (WSJ)

Several California cities say they could follow Stockton into Chapter 9. (WSJ)

Cable companies pick up their use of outdoor WiFi. (WSJ)

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) cuts 600 jobs. (WSJ)

The European Central Bank’s new loan program brings in bank loans worth 530 billion euros. (WSJ)

Wall St. bonuses fell 14% last year. (WSJ)

Problems in the Middle East could press gas to $5. (NYT)

Internet service providers and websites try to speed the pace as which pages load. (NYT)

Export orders help China’s PMI. (FT)

Greece politicians approve welfare cuts as part of the final actions that will trigger bailout dollars. (Bloomberg)

A GM tie up with Peugeot may mean Opel job cuts. (Bloomberg)

Ford’s (NYSE: F) CFO says the company may lose $500 million in Europe this year. (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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