Some of Tuesday’s top stories:
New York Times
Secretive Apple squirms in gaze of U.S. monitor, by Matthew Goldstein
Big offer for Time Warner Cable unsettles the cable industry, by David Gelles
Bloomberg
JPMorgan profit drops 7.3% after Madoff legal settlements, by Hugh Son
Reuters
Wells Fargo profit beats estimates as provisions drop, by Anil D’Silva and Peter Rudegeair
CNNMoney
Retail sales edge higher in December, by Emily Jane Fox
DirecTV drops Weather Channel amid contract dispute, by Brian Stelter
Forbes
Nest gives Google its next big data play: energy, by Parmy Olson
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