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Media Digest (4/5/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Chairman Ray Lane steps down. (Reuters)

Money continues to move into the U.S. bond market despite worries to the contrary. (Reuters)

The new Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) “Home” smartphone may take market share from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android OS-based devices. (Reuters)

Deutsche Telekom may improve the offer it made for MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) because some investors have objected to a merger with T-Mobile. (Reuters)

Companies advising on the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) buyout could make $400 million. (WSJ)

Problems that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Volkswagen have had in China highlight the concerns about doing business in the red hot, second largest economy in the world. (WSJ)

The European Central Bank may cut rates as the European Union economy falters. (WSJ)

Shares in Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) are up 112% this year on hope that a turnaround may work. (WSJ)

HP’s deal to buy Autonomy is one reason two board members left. (FT)

Samsung beats consensus estimates for its first quarter as smartphone sales surge. (FT)

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is working with engineers in Japan to make a final fix for batteries on the 787. (Bloomberg)

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