Media Digest (3/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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The heads of the BRIC nations say the pace of IMF-led reforms concerns them. (Reuters)

Facebook cuts trading of its stock in the secondary markets. (Reuters)

The board of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) continues to consider splitting the roles of CEO and chairman. (Reuters)

Investors want drillers in North Dakota to say how much gas they burn off — a costly practice. (Reuters)

Tim Cook of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) visits the Foxconn plant that builds its products in China. (Reuters)

The CEO of investment firm Third Point will continue to fight the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board for power. (Reuters)

As Iran’s oil exports fall, fears of higher oil prices rise. (WSJ)

Roche increases its offer for Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) to $51 from $44.50. (WSJ)

Tokyo Electric Power says it will need $12 billion in new funds. (WSJ)

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to sell its highest end phone in China. (WSJ)

The Obama Administration approves new drilling projects in Alaska and the Atlantic. (WSJ)

The U.S. may give Chinese firms more access to high-tech products and services. (WSJ)

France is in talks with the International Energy Agency about releasing of some of its strategic oil reserves. (WSJ)

When Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) reports earnings, the effects of the new CEO will be on stage. (WSJ)

Chrysler begins to aggressively market its Jeep brand overseas. (WSJ)

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) may launch a competitor to Walt Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) ESPN. (WSJ)

Shares of natural-food company Annie’s (NYSE: BNNY) jump almost 90% after its IPO. (WSJ)

The new iPad may work poorly with 4G networks outside the U.S. (WSJ)

Facebook’s initial public offering probably will happen in May. (WSJ)

Concerns grow that Portugal will share Greece’s fate. (WSJ)

Bearish bets on Spain’s bonds become more persistent. (WSJ)

Media company Bertelsmann may have an IPO. (NYT)

The European Central Bank reports that low interest rate capital has not encouraged banks in the region to lend. (NYT)

EU governments may raise bailout funds to $1.3 trillion, at least for the next year. (FT)

S&P reports that Greece may have to restructure its debt again. (Bloomberg)

Workers to stage a huge, nationwide strike in Spain to protest austerity measures. (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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