Media Digest 3/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis.

Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose.

Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT) raised its 2010 outlook.

Reuters reports that Valero (VLO) is considering selling many of its US refineries because of poor profits.

Reuters reports that Boeing (BA) is protesting the Air Force tanker award to a group led by Northrop Grumman (NOC) as flawed.

The Wall Street Journal writes that diesel demand is remaining strong.

The Wall Street Journal reports that banks are seeing rising default rates on home equity loans.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Intel (INTC) made its case to EU regulator involving anti-competitive behavior.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the CEO of Time Warner (TWX) said he would consider a spin-off of the company’s cable operations.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US military has linked China to hacking some of its data.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are expected to sell more stock to raise capital.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Charter (CHTR) raised $1 billion in junk debt.

The Wall Street Journal says that S&P will review it rating of airlines.

The New York Times reports that oil prices are still trading around $109 a barrel.

The FT writes that rising oil prices failed to fuel mergers in the industry.

Bloomberg writes that China retail sale rose over 20%.

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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