Media Digest 10/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber.

Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices.

The Wall Street Journal writes that a group lead by RBS now has enought shares to complete the takeover of ABN Amro (ABN) for $101 billion.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Sprint (S) has started a search for a new CEO.

The Wall Street Journal writes that GE (GE) will lay-off 1,400 people in its light bulb division.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Pfizer (PFE) will add a new research chief as it pushes into biotech.

The New York Times writes that Bear Stearns (BSC) says it has no need for cash from an outside investor.

The FT writes that Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) is in danger of losing a huge piece of AT&T (T) business.

The FT writes that an outside investor in Sears (SHLD) is pressuring the company for better performance.

Barron’s reports that Akamai (AKAM) may be hit by Level 3’s (LVLT) plan to enter the CDN business with low rates.

Bloormberg writes that Ford (F) and Chrysler are not interested in putting huge sums into an employee health fund run by the UAW. The program is part of the GM (GM) contract.

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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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