Media Digest 2/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) would borrow some of the money for a purchase of Yahoo! (YHOO).

Reuters writes that Toyota’s (TM) net grew 7.5% on emerging market growth.

Reuters writes that Yahoo! may consider an alliance with Google (GOOG).

Reuters reports that News Corp (NWS) lifted its outlook and sees no advertising slowdown.

The Wall Street Journal writes that social networks and video sharing sites are delivering big ad numbers more slowly than expected.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Moody’s is thinking of changing its ratings system.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Boston Scientific (BSX) posted a loss for the last quarter.

The New York Times writes that factory orders rose in December

The New York Times writes that BHP Billiton (BHP) is reviewing its options now that a Chinese firm has bought part of Rio Tinto (RTP).

The FT writes that BP (BP) will cut 5,000 jobs.

The FT reports that China is on a course for an economic slowdown.

Barron’s reports that SiRF Technology (SIRF) dropped sharply on poor quarterly numbers.

Bloomberg writes that Toyota says that its profit may decline this quarter.

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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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