Media Digest (3/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the gasoline crisis. (Reuters)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer refunds for iPads sold in Australia as local government said some of its ads were misleading. (Reuters)

The roles of chairman and CEO may be split at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). (Reuters)

Potential investors are concerned that Mark Zuckerberg, who controls Facebook, has not been a visible part of the firm’s IPO. (Reuters)

Network security companies, in demand, increase M&A. (Reuters)

IHS (NYSE: IHS) reports that the Volcker rule could increase energy prices because it curtails trading in some commodities. (Reuters)

An EPA clean air act will hurt many coal factories. (Reuters)

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) sets up an advisory board to help its overseas expansion. (WSJ)

Shareholder pressure prompts changes in the Goldman Sachs board. (WSJ)

The head of BATS Global Markets will give up his role as chairman. (WSJ)

U.S. airlines strive to cut the EU carbon tax. (WSJ)

Greek political parties that are not part of mainstream government won seats in a recent election, threatening the adherence to new austerity laws. (WSJ)

Fed Chairman Bernanke defends actions of the central bank during the start of the credit crisis. (WSJ)

Lead directors may become more of a challenge to CEO power. (WSJ)

Many U.S. refineries are in trouble because they cannot pass along oil prices to buyers of gas. (WSJ)

A senior FBI official says the U.S. is well behind in the war with hackers. (WSJ)

A Simmons School of Management survey shows few women join female support groups. (WSJ)

Former Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) CEO John Mack joins KKR (NYSE: KKR). (WSJ)

Some experts say a foreclosure deal with the government may help banks more than homeowners. (NYT)

President Obama will sign a bill that allows for easier access to capital for start-ups. (NYT)

The FDA approves a new anemia drug called Omontys for dialysis patients. (NYT)

High spot-oil prices used by futures traders may drop in value. (FT)

EU leaders claim that their credit crisis is near its end. (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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