Monday, November 30, 2009

Media Digest 11/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters: UAE shares fell on Dubai debt problem news.

Reuters: The Treasury will meet with mortgage companies to try to get them to accelerate loan modifications.

Reuters: Holiday shoppers did not use credit cards as much as in the past.

Reuters: Shoppers are increasing the use of e-commerce.

Reuters: Shoppers spent less per person on Black Friday than a year ago.

Reuters: Beijing Auto may have an interest in Saab.

Reuters: Regulators have made a list of systematic risk firms.

WSJ: A rift may be forming between Dubai and the UAE central bank.

WSJ: Some failed banks cannot be sold at any price.

WSJ: More shoppers went to stores over the Thanksgiving weekend, but they spent less.

WSJ: Higher interest rates are threatening bank stocks.

WSJ: More companies are becoming vertical through acquisitions.

WSJ: Wall St. traders are beginning to spend large sums of money again.

WSJ: The store debut of the Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) Nook has been delayed.

WSJ: US coal miners expect to cut output.

WSJ: AOL plans to mass produce content using huge numbers of articles produced by outsiders.

WSJ: Samsung handset sales are on track to exceed expectations.

WSJ: Shopping via mobile phone is picking up.

WSJ: The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone went on sales in South Korea.

WSJ: R&D spending is staying strong.

WSJ: Lenovo will by a mobile handset company.

WSJ: More economists do not expect a strong recovery raising the question of how that will effect equity prices.

WSJ: Credit ratings agencies are producing more independent reports.

WSJ: Following Twitter is helping some companies predict near term sales.

WSJ: More companies are outsourcing idea creation.

NYT: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is working to gain ground on Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) in Japan.

FT: India GDP growth was 7.9% in the third quarter.

FT: There may be a bid for AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) aircraft leasing business.

FT: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) will cut drug prices for developing countries.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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