Media Digest 3/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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By Douglas A. McIntyre Published

According to Reuters, Oppenheimer cut is earnings forecasts for Merrill Lynch (MER) and UBS (UBS) a day after cutting Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC).

Reuters reports that the Meriwether hedge fund is down 28% so far this year.

Reuters reports that Tata Motors say it purchase of Jag and Rover from Ford (F) will improve its balance sheet.

Reuters writes that the buyers of Clear Channel (CCU) have sued banks to close the $19 billion deal.

Reuters writes that earnings at Oracle (ORCL) missed some estimates and the stock fell.

Reuters also reports that Motorola (MOT) will split itself into two companies.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Comcast (CMCSA) and file sharing company BitTorrent will work together.

The Wall Street Journal reports that AMD (AMD) has launched its new family of chips.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Paulson want the Fed to have more power over securities firms.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Citigroup has settled a large lawsuit over the Enron collapse.

The Wall Street Journa reports that Nokia (NOK) is making a number of moves to take handset share in the US.

The New York Times writes that home equity loans may be the next round in the credit crisis.

The New York Times reports that Congress is demanding details about the Bear Stearns (BSC) deal.

The New York Times writes that Take-Two (TTWO) has rejected an offer from Electronic Arts (ERTS).

The New York Times reports that oil moved up sharply to $106 a barrel.

The FT writes that Rambus (RMBS) won a major patent suit

Bloomberg writes that taxpayers may be liable for billions of dollars from Fed and Treasury efforts to help financial firms.

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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