Media Digest (8/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

In the copyright case between Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the judge asks for names of paid reporters and bloggers who work for the companies. (Reuters)

The government reports that job openings reached a four-year high, but hiring slowed. (Reuters)

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has taken some large retailers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and competition between the two grows. (Reuters)

Corelogic reports that home prices rose in June. (WSJ)

HTC investors begin to abandon shares of the former smartphone rival of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung. (WSJ)

Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE: DIS) earnings are helped by revenue from movie “The Avengers.” (WSJ)

Italy’s economy moves deeper into a recession. (WSJ)

The European Central Bank, European Union and International Monetary Fund press for more laws that erode union influence in the financially weakest nations in the region. (WSJ)

Strikes by workers at Hyundai and Kia could hurt parent company earnings. (WSJ)

A decline in cable and satellite TV subscriptions has raised the issue of whether competition from Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google’s YouTube has hurt traditional methods that bring video to the home. (WSJ)

The SEC will soon vote on new rules for the money market mutual fund business. (WSJ)

Yields on U.S. junk rating bonds reach new lows. (FT)

Japan’s trade deficit rises rapidly in the first half. (FT)

S&P lowers its outlook on Greece’s debt. (Bloomberg)

ING Groep NV’s (NYSE: ING) profits fall 22%, in part due to exposure to Spain’s bonds. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre