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Media Digest (1/24/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Xbox 360 logoApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) posts disappointing iPhone sales numbers for the most recent quarter. (Reuters)

The International Trade Commission will review Apple patent claims against Samsung. (Reuters)

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) probably will end its dividend, and Wall St. will watch Lumia sales as the firm reports earnings. (Reuters)

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) may buy new jets from either Boeing (NYSE: BA) or Airbus. (Reuters)

Investigators say the 787 Dreamliner does not suffer from battery overcharging. (WSJ)

Sears Holdings Corp.’s (NASDAQ: SHLD) CEO must repair trouble at the company’s Kmart division. (WSJ)

McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) January sales are expected to be flat. (WSJ)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) management resists an initiative to put an appointment of an independent chairman in its proxy. (WSJ)

Union membership as part of the population falls to a 97-year low. (NYT)

Japan posts its largest trade deficit in history during 2012 — $77 billion. (FT)

South Korea’s growth moves to a three-year low as fourth-quarter growth was up only 1.5%. (FT)

The United States says it has not found the source of problems with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. (Bloomberg)

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