Media Digest (6/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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AB InBev (NYSE: BUD) may buy the part of Modelo it does not already own. (Reuters)

Samsung expects a rise in Q2 handset sales. (Reuters)

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) may split into two companies. (Reuters)

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Panasonic will jointly manufacture new OLED screens. (Reuters)

Toyota (NYSE: TM) and BMW may set a joint product development deal. (Reuters)

The head of Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) says “arrogance” among staff hurt the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO process. (WSJ)

JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will increase risk management at the unit that lost $2 billion and cut its investments in derivatives. (WSJ)

Concerns about the German economy undercut the perception that its sovereign debt is a safe haven. (WSJ)

The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline falls to $3.42. (WSJ)

Stockton, Calif., may declare bankruptcy soon. (WSJ)

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) new CEO, Ross Levinsohn, will refocus the company on efforts to increase ad revenue. (WSJ)

Nike (NYSE: NKE) will increase efforts to get sales during the Olympics, in which it is investing large numbers of ad dollars. (WSJ)

Many investors expect the EU summit to do little to solve the region’s financial problems. (WSJ)

The Bank for International Settlements calls for more measures to coordinate efforts among EU central banks, but says the effects of those efforts are limited. (NYT)

Spain to ask the European Union for 100 billion euros to combat its bank crisis. (FT)

Average pay for the CEOs of large EU and American banks rises 12% in the past year. (FT)

Earnings warnings from U.S. companies undermine confidence in the U.S. economy. (FT)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will use Yelp Check-in for its new map product. (Bloomberg)

BRIC currencies have depreciated the most since 1998. (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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