Media Digest 4/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
April 27, 2010 by Douglas A. McIntyre
Reuters: A new panel to address the budget deficit will start work.
Reuters: A lawyer for Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) said it is not an “evil empire.”
Reuters: The euro slipped on concern about Greek aid.
Reuters: Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) showed its new operating system.
WSJ: The finance bill in the Senate was hurt by a major vote.
WSJ: The Senate is set for a showdown with Goldman.
WSJ: A major bias suit against Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will move forward.
WSJ: Higher oil prices helped the results of BP plc (NYSE: BP).
WSJ: Investors are buying derivatives based on the defaults of some cities.
WSJ: Google, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) will not make its Nexus One compatible with the Verizon Wireless system.
WSJ: UAL, Inc (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental (NYSE: CAL) are in a fight over price in their merger talks.
WSJ: The BP oil spill could reach land within days.
WSJ: The Treasury will begin to sell some Citigroup (NYSE: C) shares.
WSJ: GM will begin to hire new workers.
WSJ: Google’s market share in China fell.
WSJ: Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) reported a lower net and outlook.
WSJ: Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) increased its production.
WSJ: Sales at the Ford Motor (NYSE: F) financial arm are likely to fall.
WSJ: Ford may have trouble cutting more costs.
WSJ: The short interest on NASDAQ and NYSE rose.
WSJ: Problems at Goldman have caused Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to trade close to the large bank on some metrics.
WSJ: The Treasury will sell $40 billion in notes this week.
NYT: More than 130 companies have retained lobbyists to help counter bills being debated in Congress.
NYT: Goldman faces new allegations about trading mortgages.
NYT: Analysts say that most of the $12.6 billion in home credits went to people who would have bought anyway
NYT: AstraZenaca will pay $520 million for improperly marketing a drug.
FT: Insurers will be hit by global financial crisis legislation.
FT: Wall St. was helped by profit surges at Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR).
Bloomberg: Deutsche Banks’s (NYSE: DB) profits rose 48%.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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