Media Digest 11/19/2010 (Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg)

Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters)

Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters)

Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks on the foreclosure debacle (Reuters)

Qantas may not be able to fly its Airbus A380 planes for weeks (Reuters)

The core enterprise customers of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) showed interest in its new Playbook tablet (Reuters)

Some of Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) flagship N8 phones have a power problem (Reuters)

GM’s share price lost momentum after the stock launched its IPO (Reuters)

KKR is in talks to buy Del Monte (Reuters)

China tech firm Huawei may be in trouble for an investment in a small US company (WSJ)

Ireland is about to take capital from the IMF and EU (WSJ)

Former car czar Steve Rattner was hit with new claims from Cuomo which could bar him from the securities industry (WSJ)

The Labor Department says new business start-ups slowed significantly (WSJ)

Republicans defeated an effort to extend job benefits to two million people who will lose them this month (WSJ)

The presidential deficit reduction panel cannot reach consensus on healthcare (WSJ)

Airbus will seek damages from Rolls Royce for engine problems (WSJ)

Key Delta (NYSE: DAL) workers rejected unionization (WSJ)

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) may spin off its Rainbow unit. (WSJ)

The Mortgage Bankers Association said the delinquencies fell slightly (WSJ)

Republican governors will push for broad budget cuts (WSJ)

Cardinal Health will buy Kinray for $1.3 billion. (WSJ)

MySpace tightened its ties to rival Faacebook (WSJ)

California paid higher-than-expected rates to raise money (WSJ)

Sugar prices moved up on concerns about the crop in India (WSJ)

Former car czar Rattner sued employer Quadrangle for contract breaches (NYT)

The sovereign debt restructuring in Europe may spread to Portugal (NYT)

New documents showed Dell tried to hid defects in some PCs from consumers (NYT)

Several carriers warned Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) about its built-in Sim cards (FT)

Greek budget problems have been made worse by the nation’s ability to reach goals for tax receipts. (Bloomberg)

China will probably raise rates in an attempt to undermine inflation (Bloomerg)

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) halted a trial of their experimental blood thinner apixaban (Bloomberg)

VW’s board will look at spending plans to help it pass Toyota (NYSE: TM) as the world’s No.1 car company (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre