Media Digest 1/28/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

According to Reuters, gaps in controls at Societe Generale allowed a junior trader to make at $73 billion losing bet on European shares prices.

Reuters writes that Countrywide’s (CFC) CEO will give up $37.5 million in payments.

Reuters writest that the NY Attorney General has begun an investigation into research done by Merck (MRK) and Schering-Plough (SGP) on their cholesterol drug Vytorin.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Countrywide bond-holders are worried that they will not get full value for their investments after the Bank of America (BAC) takeover.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Cisco (CSCO) is introducing new products to simlify data centers.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the NY Attorney General will get cooperation from Clayton Holdings (CLAY) in his investigation into whether investment banks disclosed enough to investors about mortgage-related securities.

The Wall Street Journal writes that AMD (AMD) is marketing a new graphics card aimed at Nvidia (NVDA).

The Wall Street Journal writes that Sony Ericsson has launched its own online music service for mobile phones.

The New York Times writes that SLM (SLM) has settled its suit over an aborted takeover of the company.

The New York Times writes that a hedge fund is trying to get four seats on its parent company’s board.

The FT writes that Singapore”s sovereign funds has pledged more transparency.

Barron’s writes that many 2007 IPOs lost a substantial part of their value.

CNN Money writes that gas prices fell slightly last week.

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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