Media Digest (2/12/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
February 12, 2013 by Douglas A. McIntyre
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) adds to its low-priced Asha line. (Reuters)
A judge approves a request by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to speed its trial with David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLRE), which has tried to get the iPhone maker to give more money to its shareholders. (Reuters)
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) increases efforts to find an M&A partner as exchanges consolidate. (WSJ)
U.K. regulators will look at the financials of Autonomy, a company bought by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). (WSJ)
The boards of U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and American Airlines parent AMR will meet about a merger. (WSJ)
Farm income is expected to rise after better crop yields follow drought. (WSJ)
Investigators look at microscopic structures (dendrites) inside batteries in Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) 787. (WSJ)
Starz continues its deal with Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) studios through 2021. (WSJ)
More Americans use mobile phones to do banking, which could save the industry considerable local expenses. (WSJ)
Demand from China pushes up cotton prices. (WSJ)
There have been no fatal airline crashes in the United States for four years — a record. (NYT)
Delays hurt work by Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) to drill in the arctic. (NYT)
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) sets a program deal with CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that will make it easier for the e-commerce firm to compete with Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). (NYT)
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) will be able to make certain e-commerce transactions on Twitter. (FT)
Nasdaq has buyout talks with Carlyle Group L.P. (NASDAQ: CG). (FT)
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