Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Lord & Taylor selling flagship Fifth Avenue store, by Anne D’Innocenzio
GM, other U.S. industrial giants, hit all-time highs, by Tom Krisher
Bloomberg
These are the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S., by Jordan Yadoo
GE’s stock keeps sliding, and investors are wondering where it will end, by Rick Clough
Fortune
Nordstrom thinks half its business could be online in five years, by Phil Wahba
AT&T is third major carrier suffering from weak iPhone 8 sales, by Aaron Pressman
Reuters
Dow jumps with upbeat 3M, Caterpillar earnings, by Caroline Valetkevitch
Twitter to label election ads after U.S. regulatory threat, by David Ingram
News about business journalism
TD Ameritrade launches network featuring Renick
San Diego Biz Journal losing biotech/startup reporter Meiling
Carter is now deputy biz editor at NY Times
How Quartz at Work looks to reinvent business management coverage
Pennsylvania biz editor moves to new job at paper
Steel of NY Times talks about the O’Reilly story
Cheddar hires Starkman to lead original programming
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