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Douglas A. McIntyre

Media Digest (2/22/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of AOL, IncGermany’s low exports cause its gross domestic product to drop in the fourth quarter. (Reuters) United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) will not fly the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner until…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

What’s Important in the Financial World (2/22/2013)

ThinkstockEurozone Economic Forecast The European Commission suggests — in a late forecast compared to those of many other economists — that the eurozone economy will shrink in 2013, and the EU economy will tick up…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Boston Globe Is the Latest Daily For Sale

ThinkstockOne more major city daily has gone on the market, as publishers across the nation try to salvage the prospects of the biggest newspapers. The Boston Globe will be dumped by The New York…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Boeing Set to Return 787 Dreamliner to the Skies

courtesy Boeing Co.Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) thinks it can fix the battery problems on the 787 Dreamliner. The trouble has kept the plane out of service for a month, and delayed deliveries of those…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

PlayStation 4 Launch: Too Little, Too Late?

courtesy of Sony Corp.Is the release of the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 (PS4) enough to turnaround the aging consumer electronics firm? No. The console is the first major overhaul in seven years.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

The Most Powerful Chinese Brands

ThinkstockAmericans are often concerned about how Chinese economic growth and the rise of major Chinese businesses could impact U.S. interests. With the People’s Republic expected to pass the United States in gross domestic product…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Europe PMI Drops as Disaster Deepens Without Solutions

ThinkstockIf ever there was a time for Europe to reconsider its move toward austerity as a means to balance national budgets and improve the perceived value of sovereign debt, it is now. Markit data…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Job Recovery? Quantity, Not Quality

ThinkstockThe economy has started to add jobs again, at a rate of 150,00 or better each month. Government data and that from private sector experts have shown that many of the jobs added are…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

YouTube and the Challenge of Video Ads

RT’s one minute, 24 second footage of the Siberian meteor blast has gotten almost 30 million pageviews in six days, an extraordinary number according to the Russian TV channel. Total views of all videos…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (2/21/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

courtesy of YouTubeSome Fed governors favor a slowing of bond buying to block possible inflation. (Reuters) Several pieces of data show housing activity has slowed. (Reuters) A study conducted by the Chesapeake Energy Corp.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

What’s Important (2/21/2013)

ThinkstockPlayStation 4 Launch Is the release of the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 (PS4) enough to turnaround the aging consumer electronics firm? No. The console is the first major overhaul in seven years.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

New Austerity Protests Rattle Greek Economy

ThinkstockThe masses in one European nation once again demonstrated that government attempts to close deficits through austerity only work if people work. Greeks staged a large national strike to protest government cuts and higher…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Bank of America CEO Pay Hiked to $12 Million

Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corp.’s (NYSE: BAC) chief executive officer, Brian Moynihan, has been rewarded appropriately for a combination of layoffs, settlements of legal issues with…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Chinese Military Denies Role in Cyber Attacks

ThinkstockThe Chinese Army denied that it was behind a series of sophisticated cyber attacks that began as early as 2006. Someone else must have done it, despite proof provided by U.S. research firm Mandiant.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

What’s Important in the Financial World (2/20/2013)

ThinkstockNew Greek Austerity Protests The masses in one European nation once again demonstrated that government attempts to close deficits through austerity only work if people work. Greeks staged a large national strike to protest…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

HTC’s New Smartphone Does Not Work

Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.“The Wait Is Over” HTC said as it introduced its new HTC One smartphone flagship. For what? A new handset that is very like the Samsung and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Xerox Continues Its Wearied Trip Sideways

courtesy of XeroxXerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) has become one of those ancient tech companies, not entirely unlike Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), that has overstayed its welcome in the market, as it struggles against much larger, more…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (2/20/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of AOL, IncBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) gets an agreement with a key engineering unit. (Reuters) China says U.S. claims of hacking by one of its army units does not have sufficient technical proof.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Japan’s Trade Deficit Rockets

ThinkstockThe Japanese economy continues to slip into oblivion, having been passed as the world’s second largest by gross domestic product, a position it gave to China. Perhaps, it will lose another spot to Germany,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago