Media Digest 10/23/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barrons’

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According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) rose 67% in the last quarter/

Reuters writes that the UAW has a secret deal with Chrysler to make certain products in the US in the hope of getting its contract ratified.

Reuters reports that Microsoft (MSFT) has launched mobile software to compete with RIM (RIMM) in the smartphone business.

Reuters writes that profits rose at Texas Instruments (TXN) but its forecast disappointed.

The Wall Street Journal writes the News Corp’s (NWS) is going to launch a games section for its social network MySpace.

The Wall Street Journal writes that BP’s (BP) earnings fell 29% on low margins and refinery shutdowns.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AT&T’s (T) fiber TV network went down last week.

The New York Times writes that Dell (DELL) will begin to sell products at Staples.

The FT writes that Nike (NKE) is launching a bid for UK shoe company Umbro.

Barron’s writes that Drugstore.com (DSCM) gained on improved forecasts.

Barron’s writes that Apple is guiding to a $9.2 billion quarter for the last period of the calendar year.

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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