Media Digest (1/14/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

January 14, 2013 by Douglas A. McIntyre

Xbox 360 logoChicago Fed President Charles Evans says he expects gross domestic product to rise 2.5% this year. (Reuters)

The U.S. government’s sale of shares in General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) may help the company’s wounded image. (Reuters)

European users of the Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 consume more data than other smartphone owners. (Reuters)

The Nikkei reports that Apple cut LCD orders because of weak demand for the iPhone. (Reuters)

Some airlines dealt with flaws with the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 well before trouble was made public. (WSJ)

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman made $15.4 million last year. (WSJ)

Retailers, with slim margins, may be hurt more than most industries by a payroll tax increase. (WSJ)

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services, which provides online operations for other companies, could lift the parent firm’s margins. (WSJ)

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) becomes one of the biggest producers of apps for the iPhone. (NYT)

As China grows, it faces another round of inflation. (NYT)

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) cancels its deal to buy TNT Express after EU regulators move against the transaction. (FT)

The Fed’s action on low interest rates may hurt bank profits. (FT)

EU leaders hope to move beyond the region’s debt crisis as they work to improve the area’s economies. (Bloomberg)

The board of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) may release a report that puts Jamie Dimon’s management of trading risks in London in a harsh light. (Bloomberg)

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