Media Digest 7/25/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, Amazon’s (AMZN) sales and earnings rose and the stock was up almost 20% after hours.

Reuters writes that the CEO of XM Satellite (XMSR) will step down next month.

Reuters writes that Honda (HMC) quarterly sales moved up and its raised guidance for the rest of the year.

Reuters reports that Microsoft (MSFT) has signed a deal with Electronic Arts (ERTS) to put advertising into some of hte game publisher’s most popular video games.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Chrysler’s bankers are beginning to discuss the chances that they cannot raise all $20 billion in loans being sought from investors.

The Wall Street Journal writes that investors are concerned that mortgage company CountryWide (CFC) cannot shield itself from the deteriorating market in home loans.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Nintendo’s profits rose four-fold in the last quarter and it raised its full-year guidance.

The New York Times writes that Toyota (TM) is testing a plug-in hybrid which would compete with products from GM (GM).

The FT writes that SAC Capital, the huge hedge fund, is considering selling 20% of itself to private interests.

The FT reports that the former CFO of YouTube will take the same position with social network site MySpace.

Barron’s reports that RF Micro Devices (RFMD) guided above Wall St. expectations.

Bloomberg reports that the short interest in Baidu (BIDU) is rising as its stock price goes up and Google (GOOG) presses to take more market share from its in China.

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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