Media Digest 11/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Published
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Reuters:   The dollar may keep rising as investors close out bets on oil and the currency.

Reuters:   Black Friday deals may not signal a retail comeback.

Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is weighing a higher Cadbury bid as competition from Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may emerge.

Reuters:   A group of economists raised their estimates for US growth next year.

Reuters:   Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) are working on a distribution deal that would take News Corp’s news sites off Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).

Reuters:   A Fed official said the mortgage-related asset purchase program should be extended.

Reuters:   Chieftain Capital may break into two firms.

Reuters:   JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) may outsource some back office operations to India which would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in sales to Wipro (NYSE:WIT), Infsys (NASDAQ:INFY) and Tata Consultancy. More US financial firms may move operations as they pay TARP funds.

Reuters:   Japan is leaning toward buying F-35 fighters from Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT).

WSJ:   Investors are backing away from risk as the year ends.

WSJ:   Italy’s Eni will buy oil stake in Uganda.

WSJ:   Reliance Industries made a $12 billion bid to take control of LyondellBasell

WSJ:   Nissan may produce its electric cars in China.

WSJ:   eBay’s (NASDAQ:EBAY) search feature was down on Saturday.

WSJ:   Existing home sales are up but that has not helped the US housing market much.

WSJ:   Banks are playing a dangerous game by using short term debt to fund loans.

WSJ:   Chrysler is offering 10% financing and $5,000 cash back on 2010 models.

WSJ:   Government payments on debt are based on interest rates that are likely to rise and by 2019 debt service could be $700 billion a year.

FT:   Microsoft and News Corp are talking about a web deal to counter Google News.

FT:   Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) will work to triple sales in China within a decade.

Bloomberg:   The dollar may not bottom until next year.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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