Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
U.S. stocks keep gaining as tech, industrial companies rise, by Marley Jay
McDonald’s moves cheeseburgers off Happy Meal menu, by Joseph Pisani
Bloomberg
SEC rejects Chinese-linked takeover of Chicago Stock Exchange, by Benjamin Bain and Annie Massa
A Chinese casino has conquered a piece of America, by Matthew Campbell
Fortune
Tambor off Amazon’s “Transparent” over sexual harassment claims, by Tom Huddleston Jr.
Bitcoin’s price surges above $10,000 — but investors still down $60 billion in 2018, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
CBS tops estimates as licensing business grows, by Jessica Toonkel and Munsif Vengattil
Berkshire buys Teva, feels IBM blues as Apple becomes top investment, by Jonathan Stempel
News about business journalism
Seal named ME at American Lawyer
TheStreet hires Fontana as a tech reporter
CNBC.com tabs Rooney to cover bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
Collins takes over Bloomberg’s endowments coverage
Overall circulation declines at The Economist, but digital rises
Board tension at Thomson Reuters over deal
Bloomberg overhauls coverage of big financial companies
This date in business journalism
2013: San Antonio paper expanding biz coverage
2008: Critic: AP emphasizes negativity in housing reports
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 16: Mary Schlangenstein with Bloomberg
