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Talking Biz News Today – Aug. 19, 2015

August 19, 2015

Posted by Lauren Thomas

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Bloomberg

A bank for people who hate banks, by Stephanie Baker

We just got a look at what higher wages are costing Wal-Mart, by Shannon Pettypiece and Lauren Coleman-Lochner

The Associated Press

High-tech cars bring Detroit, Silicon Valley face to face, by Dee-Ann Durbin

No pain, no gain for stores chasing fickle shoppers, by Anne D’Innocenzio

The Wall Street Journal 

Shipping growth slows at U.S. East Coast ports, by Robbie Whelan

Grad-school loan binge fans debt worries, by Josh Mitchell

The New York Times

F.D.A approves Addyi, a libido pill for women, by Andrew Pollack

Work policies may be kinder, but brutal competition isn’t, by Noam Scheiber

The Street

GM could be mulling import of Chinese-made Buick, by Doron Levin

Here are the ominous signs a crushing stock market correction looms, by James Hickman

News about business journalism:

Looking forward to expensing a pint of beer

NY Times biz desk hires Picker from Bloomberg

Reuters hires two reporters for DC, one for New York

Lessons learned from Fortune’s Carol Loomis

This date in business journalism history:

2014: Pittsburgh daily to launch standalone biz section

2010: A relentless critic in his writing

Business journalism birthdays:

Aug. 19: Mark Calvey of the San Francisco Business Times

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