Media

Media Digest (5/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, Financial Times

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters)

The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters)

MF Global paid Jon Corzine $8 million in the year before it collapsed. (Reuters)

The new BrandZ annual study of brand values puts Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the top position, followed by McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). (Reuters)

Trading losses at JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) help competitors make money. (Reuters)

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) will share Wi-Fi systems to give customers more access to wireless broadband. (WSJ)

Many traders blame Morgan Stanley for overpricing Facebook shares. (WSJ)

France and Germany remain in a battle over the future of austerity in the region. (WSJ)

Facebook’s largest hurdle with investors remains its mobile strategy. (WSJ)

The European Union gives Google little time to answer charges about its business practices, which include privacy matters. (WSJ)

Formula One Group will go public on the Singapore Stock Exchange to raise $2.5 billion. (WSJ)

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares are hurt by the drop in Facebook’s stock. (WSJ)

JP Morgan will kill is share buybacks because of trading losses. (NYT)

Eastman Kodak loses its patent case against Apple and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). (NYT)

France will press its neighbors to create eurozone-wide bonds. (FT)

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