Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Washington state invalidates common mortgage provision, by Gene Johnson
Olympics marketers go for the gold, by Mae Anderson
Bloomberg
The housing market is waving a red flag, by Michelle Jamrisko
Oil must go to $40 and stay there to buy Russia reforms at last, by Anna Andrianova and Andre Tartar
MarketWatch.com
Gundlach in jeopardy of losing “Bond King” crown, by Mark DeCambre
Bill Ackman’s annus horibilis is only getting worse, by Liara Cinnane
Reuters
Japanese firms’ succession problem is a boon to private equity dealmakers, by Junko Fujita
WeWork sues ex-employee for disclosing information to reporters, by Herbert Lash
News about business journalism
Washington Post biz editor joining Richmond bureau
Las Vegas daily expands Sunday business section
California biz reporter Fujii retires
NerdWallet expands into investigations, hires Heikes
Ad/marketing reporter Tadena leaving WSJ
Reuters Breakingviews hires Silver as columnist
AP to begin carrying NerdWallet content
Senior editor Hesseldahl leaves Recode
The date in business journalism
2011: New Oregonian business editor wants to emphasize multimedia stories
2006: Wall Street Journal to start accepting front-page ads
Business journalism birthday
July 18: David Mildenberg of Business North Carolina magazine
July 18: Becky Quick of CNBC
July 18: Jackie DeAngelis of CNBC