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Media Digest 12/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
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Reuters: US business investment is rising.
Reuters: Another outage shut down RIM’s (NYSE:RIMM) BlackBerry network.
Reuters: Geithner said tight lending could hurt US economy.
Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) lost an appeal over IP in its Word software.
Reuters: Hollywood may have its first $10 billion box office year.
WSJ: Companies are concerned about the rise in costs attached to the healthcare bill.
WSJ: Citigroup (NYSE:C) denied a report that hackers had broken in its systems and taken millions of dollars.
WSJ: Investors are showing an increased interest in toxic assets and commercial real estate loans.
WSJ: Home sales and prices improved.
WSJ: Fiat will increase capital spending.
WSJ: Start ups will get more cash from venture capitalists next year.
WSJ: The US cleared the TicketMaster deal to buy Live Nation.
WSJ: Novartis is paying $520 million for the rights to an experimental heart drug.
WSJ: Nordstrom’s (NYSE:JWN) strategy on pricing and product mix should pay off during the holidays.
WSJ: Ford (NYSE:F) hopes to sell Volvo next year.
WSJ: Hynix, the No.2 memory chip company, sees a rebound next year.
WSJ: Infineon raised first quarter sales forecasts.
WSJ: Boeing (NYSE:BA) bought control of one of its main plants which was partly owned by a supplier.
WSJ: A Roche drug infringes on an Amgen (NYSE:AMGN) patent.
WSJ: Toyota (NYSE:TM) pushed cost cutting efforts.
WSJ: Two key Comcast (NYSE:CMCSA) executives received huge bonuses in advance of the NBCU integration.
WSJ: Recovery hopes are feeding a dollar rally.
WSJ: Costco (NYSE:COST) and UAL (NYSE:UAUA) are getting options beat based on rises in their stocks.
NYT: Tax credits lifted home sales.
NYT: Winter storms delayed but did not stop holiday shopping.
NYT: Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) reached a deal to sell one of its units.
FT: Top hedge funds are betting on big yield increases and higher US inflation.
FT: Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) film unit launched VOD in Europe.
FT: OPEC said its target price for oil is $70 to $80.
Bloomberg: China’s Geely is likely to pay $2 billion for Volvo.
Bloomberg: Energy and financial firms may lead the rebound in M&A.
Bloomberg: China’s growth may move up to 12% causing concerns about inflation.
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