Media

Media Digest (11/14/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes FT, Bloomberg

Italy and Greece begin efforts to prove that their sovereign debt is safe. (Reuters)

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) will make a major holiday effort to drive extra revenue. (Reuters)

Appetite for Olympus shares may keep it from a delisting. (Reuters)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will bolster its Prime business, which uses loyalty programs to increase sales. (WSJ)

Investors remain concerned that bank efforts to get free of eurozone debt will not work. (WSJ)

Cities use road and sewer funds to help general budget problems. (WSJ)

Canada says it will sell more oil to Asian markets now that a pipeline through the U.S. has been delayed. (WSJ)

Anticlotting drug rivaroxaban, made by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), may help heart attack victims. (WSJ)

A decision on the deficit may push the tax reform debate into 2012. (WSJ)

Analysts expect small sales improvements at Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) despite trouble in the housing market. (WSJ)

A crash of General Motors’ (NYSE: GM) Chevy Volt causes a fire in government tests. (WSJ)

A Universum study shows graduates want to work at Facebook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (WSJ)

New data shows advertising spending has begun to slow. (WSJ)

Competition between Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters will increase as Wall St. cuts jobs. (WSJ)

Banks continue to find ways to increase fees to consumers. (NYT)

The focus on sovereign debt problems begins to shift from Italy to France. (NYT)

Experts say superfast networks could hurt operations of the internet. (NYT)

Japan’s economy grew at a 6% annual rate last quarter. (NYT)

The ECB may not become the lender of last resort, a move that could worsen perception of eurozone sovereign debt. (FT)

An increase in LNG prices increases demand for freighters. (FT)

Obama attacks China again on the weak yuan. (Bloomberg)

New orders push Boeing (NYSE: BA) well ahead of Airbus. (Bloomberg)

Apple faces a difficult search for someone to run its retail unit. (Bloomberg)

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