Media Digest (4/28/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Fed will probably say it will keep rates low. Reuters: Republicans have come up with their own bank reform plan. Reuters: Wellpoint says it will stop dropping patients. Reuters: Oil continued to fall on global credit issues and…
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Reuters: Republicans have come up with their own bank reform plan.
Reuters: Wellpoint says it will stop dropping patients.
Reuters: Oil continued to fall on global credit issues and abundant supply.
Reuters: The euro hit a one year low.
Reuters: Senators warned Facebook about its privacy issues.
WSJ: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was defiant at its Senate hearing.
WSJ: Republicans blocked the finance bill again.
WSJ: The SEC is looking into mechanisms that keep hedge funds clients from withdrawing capital.
WSJ: Honda (NYSE: HMC) made money.
WSJ: The sovereign credit crisis in Europe spread to Spain.
WSJ: Walmart (NYSE: WMT) may begin to build large numbers of small stores.
WSJ: Boeing (NYSE: BA) delayed shipments of fuselages for the 787.
WSJ: Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is pushing its new biotech drugs.
WSJ: Bernanke urged a cut in the deficit.
WSJ: Harbinger Capital Partners has hired the former head of France Telecom Orange to work on its US high-speed internet operation.
WSJ: The head of Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) consumer products division is likely to cut costs.
WSJ: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bought a start-up involved in its chip design.
WSJ: Biotech firms that work on crop speed see their approval time lengthening.
WSJ: TSCM earnings rose on higher demand for chips.
WSJ: Swiss banks are clamping down on tax dodgers.
WSJ: Lazard says it is seeing a pick-up in deals.
WSJ: The Democrats are using Goldman to push bank reform.
WSJ: A judge rejected a plea deal for a flawed Guidant heart device.
FT: China increased tariffs on US exports of chicken parts.
FT: The IMF may put more money into a Greek bailout.
FT: Brazil will raise its rates as GDP moves up 6% this year.
Bloomberg: Neil Barofsky may charge some in a cover-up of AIG (NYSE: AIG) finances.
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