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Media Digest (11/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) India suspends some employees as it begins a bribery investigation. (Reuters)

PMI data for Europe drops to 2009 lows. (Reuters)

S&P confirms its AA+ rating of France but voices concern about the country’s deficit. (Reuters)

Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) shares rise as investors anticipate the release of new products. (Reuters)

Samsung gets a court order to allow it to review deals of an IP suit settlement between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and HTC. (Reuters)

Germany may buy EADS shares from France. (Reuters)

EU leaders disagree over how a regionwide budget might work. (WSJ)

A number of companies and government officials want people with visas who create start-ups to stay in the United States. (WSJ)

Fed President John Williams says the central bank is nowhere near its limit to buy bonds. (WSJ)

Japan’s car makers roll out plans to regain business lost in China because of tensions between the two nations. (WSJ)

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) plans to expand its dealership network in China. (WSJ)

China stops filling its strategic oil reserves. (FT)

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) will close half of its branches in Greece. (Bloomberg)

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) is in finance talks with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS). (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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