Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters)

Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. (Reuters)

Moody’s says it might cut the AAA ratings of the UK and France. (Reuters)

The FTC continues to examine the Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) deal to merge with Medco (NYSE: MHS). (Reuters)

Chinese hackers may have compromised Nortel security for a period that lasted nearly a decade. (WSJ)

Japan’s central bank will buy more assets as its eases monetary policy. (WSJ)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) tests a tablet PC with a smaller screen. (WSJ)

EU leaders still have not approved a deal with Greece. (WSJ)

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) presses pork suppliers to treat their pigs better. (WSJ)

AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless to sell a 4G version of the iPad. (WSJ)

The Federal Housing Administration will run out of reserves this year. (WSJ)

Institutional Shareholder Services attacks the dual-class stock of Facebook. (WSJ)

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will begin to sell huge digital presses that cost as much as $2 million. (WSJ)

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) sets some bonuses that exclude the cost of the purchase of iPhones. (WSJ)

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and partners will put $4 billion into new copper mines (WSJ)

Teamsters to strike Hostess if it cuts salaries and benefits. (WSJ)

Citic Securities of China applies to underwrite U.S. stocks. (WSJ)

Increases in the purchase of small cap stocks may show investors are willing to take on more risk. (NYT)

Capital One’s (NYSE: COF) deal to buy ING Direct continues to face a slow approval process. (NYT)

Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) to sell $12 billion in assets as natural gas prices fall. (FT)

India’s inflation hits a 26-month low. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre