Media Digest 6/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may have to merge due to its financial problems.

Reuters writes that Apple (AAPL) introduced its new 3G iPhone.

Reuters reports that the head of S&P says that the company’s structured finance business may be lost of years.

Reuters reports that Manpower see weak hiring in Q3.

Reuters writes that Steven Spielberg want to raise $ billion to make the company independent again.

Reuters writes that Bernanke is watchful on inflation caused by energy prices.

Reuters reports that GM (GM) will raise incentives on some of its SUVs and trucks.

Reuters writes that large investors are trying to kill a Yahoo! (YHOO) severance plan.

The Wall Street Journal say UBS (UBS) is expected to take more write-downs on mortgage-related securities.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Gannet (GCI) may write-off $3 billion in assets.

The Wall Street Journal writes that cable TV will put together a group to better target TV ads.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Washington Mutual (WM) shares hit an eighteen year low.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Hank Greenberg says changes need to be make in AIG (AIG) management and it board.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sun (JAVA) lost its chief scientist to a venture capital firm.

The New York Time writes that Saudi Arabia called for an energy summit of producing and consumin nations.

The FT writes that many speculators were caught short as oil rose.

Bloomberg writes that storm damage to corn spread due to storms in the Mid-West.

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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