Some Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Labor nominee says he won’t let politics influence hiring, by Laurie Kellman
Starbucks CEO stands by pledge to hire refugees, by Candice Choi
Bloomberg
Investors are turning bullish on the dollar, by Lananh Nguyen and Robert Fullem
Philly’s soda tax bolsters industry’s push toward smaller cans, by Jennifer Kaplan
Fortune
Tech companies overestimate how well their companies promote diversity, by Grace Donnelly
Advertising startup are in for a rough 2017, by Erin Griffith
Reuters
Verizon, AT&T suspends ads from Google over offensive videos, Anjali Athavaley and Jessica Toonkel
Snap pops 9 percent after winning second “buy” recommendation, by Noel Randewich and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
News about business journalism
WSJ’s Trump editorial draws attention
Why Quartz has user experience as its key strategy
Female bylines drop at Wall Street Journal
Variety hires Bel Bruno as managing editor
Braiker hired as Advertising Age editor
This date in business journalism
2012: Indiana paper cuts business weekly
2007: Arizona Republic biz columnist departs amid reorganization
Business journalism birthday
March 23: Jonathan LaMantia of Crain’s New York