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Media Digest (6/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

A Cyprus bailout could cost 10 billion euros. (Reuters)

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) bids $2.3 billion for Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT). (Reuters)

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion. (Reuters)

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) COO Sandberg will become a member of its board. (Reuters)

New bank theft software hits several nations around the world. (Reuters)

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) may split its publishing operations from its entertainment divisions. (WSJ)

Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) offers higher cost tickets to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Mac users than users of Microsoft Windows. (WSJ)

Federal regulators ask big banks to create programs to dissolve themselves in event they become severely crippled financially. (WSJ)

GfK data shows consumer confidence likely will improve in July. (WSJ)

If the health care law is killed by the Supreme Court, there are questions about what will happen to the billions of dollars reserved to carry it out. (WSJ)

The China Development Bank may help home builder Lennar (NYSE: LEN) with two projects in the San Francisco area. (WSJ)

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and T-Mobile swap spectrum that covers 218 U.S. cities. (WSJ)

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) to add new games as sales of its older ones decline. (NYT)

Large oil users like airlines believe oil prices will fall but have set hedges at current prices. (FT)

The European Union may set programs to take more autonomy from nations that miss budget targets. (FT)

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) is one of the 28 banks in Spain downgraded by Moody’s. (Bloomberg)

Angela Merkel once again rejects the idea that EU countries should share debt. (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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