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Talking Biz News Today — May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015

Posted by Meg Garner

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

The New York Times

Obama chooses Nike headquarters to make his pitch on trade, by Peter Baker and Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase agree to erase debts from credit reports after bankruptcies, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg

The Wall Street Journal

M&M maker wants labels for added sugar, by Annie Gasparro

An exotic cashmere upends Lululemon, by Suzanne Kapner and Joann S. Lublin

MarketWatch

U.S. gains 223,000 jobs in April, unemployment 5.4%, by Jeffry Bartash

Wal-Mart to buy Canadian locations from Target, by Lisa Belifuss

Fortune

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s $45 billion takeover offer, by Geoffrey Smith

McDonald’s worldwide restaurant sales fell in April, by Reuters

News about business journalism

Report on Business unveils new look

Silicon Valley Biz Journal editor Baumann resigns

WSJ makes digital newsroom leadership appointments

PBS NewsHour hires Kotuby from Bloomberg

Tampa Bay Times hires new retail reporter

This date in business journalism

2006: Chasing Mad Money picks

2008: Things we hate about CNBC

Business journalism birthdays

May 8: Nathaniel Popper of The New York Times

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