Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. companies warn of slowing economy, by Theo Francis and Kate Linebaugh
Duke Energy to buy Piedmont Natural Gas for $4.9 billion, by Rebecca Smith
Bloomberg
Valeant CEO staunchly defends drugmaker’s accounting, ethics, by Doni Bloomfield and Melissa Mittelman
How red meat joined the 478 other things that might give you cancer, by John Tozzi and Jeremy Scott Diamond
The Associated Press
No Fed rate hike likely yet as it monitors global pressures, by Martin Crutsinger
Debt limit: Some key questions about borrowing, default, by Andrew Taylor
Reuters
U.S. new home sales near one-year low; drop seen as temporary, by Lucia Mutikani
Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup, by Nathan Layne
Quartz
Canada is the only country where Netflix will stream the new ‘Star Wars’ movie, by Adam Epstein
AmEx just made its first bitcoin investment, by Ian Kar
News about business journalism:
How Bloomberg Media plans to monetize overseas content
Bloomberg launches Asia website
Fox Business nearly doubles viewers in past year
International Biz Times launches new daily email
Barlyn to cover financial enforcement for Reuters
Indianapolis Star hires Briggs as business reporter
This date in business journalism history:
2014: Magazine covers as an investment signal
2012: From opera to business journalism
Business journalism birthdays:
Oct. 27: Michael Calderone with Huffington Post
Oct. 27: Ely Portillo with The Charlotte Observer
