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Media Digest (7/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) pays $60 million to settle a trademark dispute in China. (Reuters)

Factory orders in both Japan and China fall in June. (Reuters)

Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Chairman Marcus Agius quits after the bank settles Libor trading charges. Bob Diamond, the CEO, remains under siege. (Reuters)

Italy may sue Apple, if the company does not offer two-year warranties on products. (Reuters)

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) will enter the enterprise cloud computing industry in Brazil. (Reuters)

The price of raw materials collapses worldwide as demand slackens. (WSJ)

The global market for IPOs continues to fall. (WSJ)

A drop in consumer sentiment and spending damages most hopes for a U.S. recovery. (WSJ)

New rules in several states could make it more difficult for banks to foreclose on homes. (WSJ)

Earnings forecasts are undermined by the slowdown in Europe. (WSJ)

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) may close a deal to buy Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) this week. (WSJ)

A McKinsey report shows it is harder for women to get top corporate job in Asia than in the United States. (WSJ)

AMC Networks and AT&T (NYSE: T) reach a deal for the network’s shows to run on the telecom’s TV channels. (WSJ)

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) decides to continue to list on Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ). (WSJ)

The EU ban on Iranian oil begins. (WSJ)

Coffee prices continue to fall because of Brazilian exports. (WSJ)

Car sales in France fall in June, but Volkswagen gains ground. (NYT)

Markets still worry that a new EU bank regulatory authority will have little influence on the region’s financial problems. (NYT)

EADS will spend $600 million to set assembly facilities in the U.S. for Airbus planes. (NYT)

Spanish and Portuguese banks buy back their own mortgage-backed debt. (Bloomberg)

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) sets several deals to increase its supply of touchscreen components, which it expects will face shortages. (Bloomberg)

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