Media Digest (5/1/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

May 1, 2013 by Douglas A. McIntyre

social media networkChina’s official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) falls to 50.6 in April from an 11-month high in March of 50.9. (Reuters)

Sharp is expected to report a worse-than-anticipated loss. (Reuters)

European Union regulations likely will prompt Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) to kill its bid for Dailymotion. (Reuters)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) makes the largest bond offering in U.S. history — $17 billion. (WSJ)

Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) asks a federal judge to block a plan by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera to regulate sales of its drinks. (WSJ)

The new leader of Italy tells German officials that it will remain on a path to balance its budget. (WSJ)

Chinese companies move some manufacturing to places such as Indonesia to bring down costs. (WSJ)

Deutsche Bank A.G.’s (NYSE: DB) plan to raise $3.88 billion may be inadequate. (WSJ)

Many large U.S. newspapers show circulation improvements, based on digital subscriptions, for the six-month period that ended on March 31. (NYT)

The Federal Reserve may put tighter regulations on bank leverage. (FT)

Yahoo! CEO Mayer makes $36 million for her first six months of work. (FT)

T-Mobile will begin to trade on the NYSE. (Bloomberg)

The grounding of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner hurts the financial results of ANA and Japan Air. (Bloomberg)

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