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

Worries about the EU solution to the sovereign debt crisis rise. (Reuters)

U.S. firms will be asked to disclose relationships with Syria and Iran. (FT)

Many jobless Americans face cut off of benefits at year end. (Reuters)

Comscore reports that online spending kept its 15% increase pace over early December last year. (Reuters)

Nissan and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will announce a strategic partnership. (Reuters)

Samsung says it will sell over 300 million handsets this year. (Reuters)

Major M&A activity by large banks will face further scrutiny by regulators. (WSJ)

AT&T (NYSE: T) faces a court decision that could prolong its case to buy T-Mobile. (WSJ)

IMF officials say there are “gaps” in China data. (WSJ)

The economy may keep U.S. shoppers from an ongoing spending sprees. (WSJ)

The inspector general who tracks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely will increase scrutiny of their financial activity. (WSJ)

California may face $2.5 billion in budge cuts because of deficits. (WSJ)

The ITC will soon rule on the question of whether HTC violated certain Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) patents. (WSJ)

Foreign retailers in India will reset plans now that the government has backed off on new ownership rules. (WSJ)

A Randstad U.S.  survey shows more workers are willing to do without vacation. (WSJ)

The Fed may publish its forecasts about its plans on future rates. (NYT)

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may release a new versions of its Kindle Fire after customer complains. (NYT)

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has drawn enough customers that IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) have aggressively entered the business. (NYT)

There are now one million apps. (NYT)

The OECD warns now that industrial nations have borrowed $10 trillion. (FT)

China may add stimulus as exports fall off. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre