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Media Digest (3/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) talks with cable companies about adding its services to their channels. (Reuters)

The Institute of International Finance pressures Greek bondholders to make trades for new sovereign paper. (Reuters)

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) presses suppliers for discounts to improve its margins. (Reuters)

Some fake forms of cancer drug Avastin enter the U.S. from overseas. (WSJ)

The Economic Policy Institute says that young job hunters routinely face low pay, a product of the recession. (WSJ)

Japanese prosecutors file charges over fraud at Olympus. (WSJ)

The Greek debt swap may fall short of needed agreements. (WSJ)

General Motors (NYSE: GM) says it may close some plants in Europe. (WSJ)

The success of the Nintendo DS3 will help the company launch its new Wii U. (WSJ)

Brazil’s economy, once marked by rapid growth, improves only 0.34% in the fourth quarter. (WSJ)

The risk on the European Central Bank’s balance sheet increases as banks in the region take new loans of 500 billion euros. (WSJ)

AT&T (NYSE: T) and its unions are at odds over benefit cuts. (WSJ)

A UPS (NYSE: UPS) attempt to takeover TNT Express is hurt by disagreements over terms. (WSJ)

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPad may help Verizon (NYSE: VZ) add new subscribers to its 4G LTE service. (WSJ)

Apple may be willing to more readily offer patent licenses to its competition. (WSJ)

S&P will try to upgrade the standards of its muni listings. (WSJ)

A World Bank report shows that the worst poverty among people around the globe has improved sightly. (NYT)

President Obama plans to set an FHA plan to reduce refinancing fees. (NYT)

Congress passes a law that will make it easier for the U.S. to put duties on subsidized goods from China. (NYT)

The AARP reports that the cost of many drugs rose 26% from 2005 to 2009. (NYT)

Brazil becomes the world’s sixth largest economy. (FT)

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