Media Digest (12/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters)

HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner lobbies European Union finance ministers to slow the sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters)

Olympus hid as much as $1.7 billion. (Reuters)

Online gaming firm Nexon fixes the price for its $1.2 billion initial public offering, the largest in Japan this year. (Reuters)

JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) sets up a loan to help SAP (NYSE: SAP) buy SuccessFactors (NASDAQ: SFSF). (Reuters)

Estimates of the U.S. corn crop have been flawed. (WSJ)

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) may lose some of its key employees after year-end bonuses are paid. (WSJ)

General Motors’ (NYSE: GM) Chevy Volt sales were slow ahead of problems with the car. (WSJ)

Italy’s government produces new austerity plans. (WSJ)

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex has a new leak. (WSJ)

Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) restarts its Thailand plants, key suppliers for the company’s products. (WSJ)

Boeing (NYSE: BA) will circle the globe in its new 787 Dreamliner to get more business; however, a key Japanese customer has just cut orders. (WSJ)

A Tulane University Freeman School of Business study shows that large severance packages may encourage CEOs to take more risks. (WSJ)

Futures firms may face new rules about how they treat customer accounts. (WSJ)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) creates new features for its Xbox Live product that allow it to compete with set-top boxes. (NYT)

China shows its reluctance to help the EU. (NYT)

The EU is closer to charges against Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) monopolistic practices. (FT)

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to allow consumers to watch movies on any device that uses video. (FT)

China prepares for the social unrest that may come with a slow economy. (FT)

The new Italian austerity plan may prompt worker strikes. (Bloomberg)

Ireland renews its austerity push. (Bloomberg)

Italy’s shopping season is the worst since World War II. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre