Media Digest (12.21.2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

The FCC will approve standard which allow carriers to restrict access for heavy users. (Reuters)

The SEC will investigate the details around Mark Hurd’s departure from Hewlett-Packard. (NYSE: HPQ) (WSJ)

China voiced concern about the debt problems in Europe. (Reuters)

Portugal’s debt may be downgraded by Moody’s. (MarketWatch)

Weather concerns helped push up the price of crude. (Reuters)

Hulu deferred its IPO and will look at more ways to charge customers for its products. (WSJ)

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) bested Wall St. earnings forecasts. (Reuters)

TD Bank may buy Chrysler Financial. (Reuters)

The US may force large banks to give more compensation in stock and not cash. (WSJ)

Smartphone sellers will push for better privacy rules for their customers. (WSJ)

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) raised a $15 billion buyout fund. (WSJ)

Banks are trying to make money from concerns about municipal bonds. (WSJ)

Hewlett-Packard has started to offer discounts to customers that switch from Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) products. (WSJ)

Michael Dell increased his stock holdings in Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). (WSJ)

The price of 3D TVs has fallen. (WSJ)

The government fined Toyota (NYSE: TM) for its lack of disclosure about some of its defective cars. (WSJ)

ShopperTrak and SpendingPulse said weekend traffic at retailers moved higher. (WSJ)

AT&T (NYSE: T) added to its network as its purchased spectrum from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM).  (WSJ)

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will offer the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone at a discount. (WSJ)

Companies may not be able to get consumers to pay more for goods despite costs from rising commodities. (WSJ)

E-mail visits have been undermined by text applications from sites such as Facebook. (NYT)

Skype has started a push to make more money from business users and cellphone subscribers. (NYT)

MGM studio exited bankruptcy. (FT)

A slow investment bank business, hurt by the euro crisis, will cut compensation. (Bloomberg)

China car companies expect the market to continue its fast expansion. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre