Media Digest 8/27/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

According to Reuters, US Steel (X) will buy Canadian steel company Stelco for $1.1 billion.

Reuters writes that Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq (NDAQ) about buying its stake in the London Stock Exchange.

The Wall Street Journal writes that India’s Tata Group may bid for Ford’s (F) Jaguar and Rover brands.

The Wall Street Journal reports that virtualization, pioneered by VMWare (VMW), is now moving to the PC using new technology from Pano Logic.

The Wall Street Journal reports that show company Crocs (CROX) will diversify into clothing.

The New York Times writes that Nokia (NOK) will relaunch its NGage which combines a multi-player phone with standard voice features.

The FT reports that the Saudis have set up a 35.000 person force to guard their oil fields

The FT writes that Intel (INTC) will launch a new version of its vPro platform, a combined chip and software product that makes it easier for companies to manage secure computing networks.

The FT writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is setting up acquisition group in the US market to potentially buy companies with stores smaller than the ones it operates now.

Barron’s reports that a well-known economist has suggested that Google (GOOG) is recession-proof.

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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