Media Digest 2/10/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Honda (NYSE:HMC) expanded its recall by 440,000 as more Toyota (NYSE:TM) models were probed.

Reuters:   ArcelorMittal sees a slow improvement in steel production in Q1.

Reuters:   IMF aid for Greece may be unavoidable.

Reuters:   BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) beat numbers and was cautious about China.

Reuters:   Investors are questioning the size of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) pay packages.

Reuters:   Disney (NYSE:DIS) numbers beat forecasts.

Reuters:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) expanded Gmail to compete with Facebook and MySpace.

Reuters:   Paulson and Buffett said the US needs tough medicine to recover.

WSJ:   Germany and other EU nations may offer loan guarantees for Greece.

WSJ:    AMR (NYSE:AMR) is ramping up its service to challenge Delta (NYSE:DAL).

WSJ:   Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) profits jumped.

WSJ:   Steel and mining companies are expected to be helped by rising metal costs.

WSJ:   Large European airlines are trying to tap export credits for loan guarantees.

WSJ:   GM set a new turnaround plan for Opel.

WSJ:   Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) will spin off the Rhapsody music service.

WSJ:   Increases in dividends are lagging the recovery.

WSJ:   Coke’s (NYSE:KO) growth rests on its overseas business.

NYT:   The Fed will reveal its strategy in increase interest rates.

NYT:   China exports rose 21% in January as imports were up 86%.

NYT:   Opel will invest $15 billion to restructure the company.

FT:   S&P warned Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) on their credit ratings.

FT:   The head of Disney (NYSE:DIS) talked about the potential of the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad.

Bloomberg:   Default swaps are signaling a rebound for GMAC.

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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