Media Digest (12/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
December 31, 2012 by Douglas A. McIntyre
The Tribune Company will exit Chapter 11 today. (Reuters)
Some pension funds want a change in rules about how executives can trade stocks in the companies they run. (WSJ)
Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s (NYSE: CHK) review of CEO Aubrey McClendon takes longer than expected. (WSJ)
AMR pilots near a deal that would allow a merger with US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC). (WSJ)
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) will pay CEO Reed Hastings $4 million next year, about double 2012. (WSJ)
Congress may set restrictions to help keep milk prices down next year. (WSJ)
The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index reaches a 19-month high. (WSJ)
European car makers face huge threats to their financials in 2013. (WSJ)
The turnovers among S&P 500 CEOs was extremely low in 2012. (WSJ)
The race to win the mobile wars likely will affect the long-term future of firms including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) (WSJ)
Many economists expect lack of action on the fiscal cliff to hurt the U.S. economy in the first half, even if a deal is reached soon. (NYT)
Members of the OPEC cartel will bring in $1 trillion in profits. (FT)
Douglas A. McIntyre
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