Media Digest 9/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit

Reuters:   A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation.

Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and now faces another threat from the SEC.

Reuters:   Proposed net neutrality rules for wireless systems drew criticism from carriers.

Reuters:   The FDIC may tap US banks to increase its funding.

Reuters:   Sun Microsystems (JAVA) is losing $100 million a month, according to Oracle (ORCL).

Reuters:   Dell (DELL) will buy Perot (PER) for $3.9 billion.

Reuters:   The Fed is in not hurry to raise rates.

Reuters:   US mortgage delinquencies set a record.

WSJ:   The Deutsche Bank (DB) chairman had information on a plan to spy on a board member.

WSJ:   Cadbury is softening its stance toward Kraft’s (KFT) offer.

WSJ:   Insurance companies are raising prices to help battered balance sheets.

WSJ:   Harbinger reduced its stake in The New York Times (NYT).

WSJ:   Facebook has set up a partnership with Nielsen.

WSJ:   The Fed will miss an October 1 deadline to provide Treasury a broad review of the agency’s operations.

WSJ:   Google (GOOG) Voice may draw FCC review.

WSJ:   AIG (AIG) is showing signs of stabilizing.

WSJ:   The EU published details of its antitrust case against Intel (INTC).

WSJ:   Bank of America (BAC) will end a loan loss sharing arrangement with the government.

WSJ:    Netflix (NFLX) awarded a $1 million prize.

WSJ:   Infrastructure funds are not immune to the credit crisis.

WSJ:   Net neutrality may be a good idea but building the Internet is not free.

NYT:   Hyundai is building market share with through price and quality.

NYT:   The Asian Development Bank said that the region is quickly recovering.

NYT:   The G20 is being urged to raise bank reserves.

NYT:   Leading indicators rose for the fifth month.

FT:   A growing rift between the US and Europe may hurt results from a climate summit.

Bloomberg:   Vivendi may sell its 20% stake in NBCU (GE).

Bloomberg:   China’s stimulus package may be delaying efforts for the consumer to lead its economy.

Douglas A. McIntyre