Some of Monday’s top stories:
The New York Times
Hewlett-Packard is said to be planning a split of businesses, by Quentin Hardy and David Gelles
Hong Kong wealth gap on display in protests, by Neil Gough
The Wall Street Journal
Becton Dickinson to buy CareFusion for $12.2 billion, by Jonathan Rockoff and Dana Mattioli
NBA Reaches Long-Term Rights Deals With Disney, Time Warner, by Ben Cohen and Shalini Ramachandran
Bloomberg
S&P 500 companies spend almost all profits on buybacks, by Lu Wang and Callie Bost
Tumbling oil prices punish hedge funds betting on gains, by Mark Shenk
Reuters
Japan listings get bullish sign as Recruit sets IPO price, by Ritsuko Ando
Exclusive: Herbalife hires former U.S. regulator to head compliance team, by Diane Bartz
Today in business journalism
Atlanta daily names new biz desk head
Reuters TV will roll out in early 2015
WaPo biz news desk to create blog on the environment
Hurdles exist when integrating video into business news
ProPublica, Reuters and The Huffington Post with Barlett & Steele Awards
This date in business journalism history
2006: Bloomberg grew while other newsrooms shrank
2010: Fighting the jargon in business journalism
Business journalism birthdays
Oct. 5: August Cole of The Wall Street Journal
Oct. 5: Ross Kerber of Reuters
Oct. 6: Josh Kosman of the New York Post
