Media Digest (6/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

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A rate cut in China prompts some economists to worry that May economic data will be weak. (Reuters)

In the wake of its ratings downgrade by Fitch, Angela Merkel says that the region will help Spain. (Reuters)

An IMF report will say that Spain’s banks need $40 billion in support. (Reuters)

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will try to build a TV with facial recognition software. (Reuters)

TDAmeritrade (NYSE: AMTD) says that the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO hurt investor confidence. (Reuters)

A judge cancels the patent trial between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) over smartphone IP because neither side has shown damages. (Reuters)

The Federal Reserve passes rules that would force small lenders to comply with Basel III capital standards. (WSJ)

The FHA to sell more of its troubled loans to the private sector. (WSJ)

Europe’s independent emerging economies heighten concerns about a Greek exit from the eurozone. (WSJ)

Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) will offer a less expensive iPhone. (WSJ)

China’s CIC cuts back investments in Europe. (WSJ)

As the United States drops some investment rules against Myanmar, General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) begin to work on projects in the country. (WSJ)

New members of the Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) board may cut billions of dollars because of losses on natural gas projects. (WSJ)

Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) spends huge sums to set a cellular network that could compete with AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless. (WSJ)

A new, higher bond rating allows Ford (NYSE: F) to raise money in the capital markets. (WSJ)

Spain pushes its badly damaged banks to buy its sovereign paper. (NYT)

Hackers increase attacks on social networks. (FT)

Crude prices may have their longest weekly losing streak in 13 years. (Bloomberg)

Japan’s gross domestic product grows faster than estimated in the first quarter. (Bloomberg)

Germany has a large influx in deposits as it becomes the safe haven of Europe. (Bloomberg)

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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