Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Powell says strong economy will keep rate hikes coming, by Martin Crutsinger
Twitter suspended 58 million accounts in 4Q, by Barbara Ortutay and Ken Sweet
Bloomberg
Berkshire lifts cap on stock buybacks, by Katherine Chiglinsky and Noah Buhayar
Jeff Bezos becoms the richest man in modern history, topping $150 billion, by Olivia Carville and Tom Metcalf
Fortune
What’s stopping human performance technology from reaching perfection? Humans, by Kristen Bellstrom
Why TaskRabbit’s gig economy model is thriving under Ikea’s ownership, by Aaron Pressman
Reuters
Goldman Sachs pressed on strategy as new CEO confirmed, by Matt Scuffham and Aparajita Saxena
U.S. labor board rejects McDonald’s case to settle franchisees’ case, by Daniel Wiessner
News about business journalism
How Gelles got an interview with Bernie Madoff
ProPublica hires Callahan to cover business
Antonelli named editor in chief of Bloomberg BNA
Las Vegas Review-Journal names biz editor, hires biz reporter
WSJ hires Galloway as global head of video and audio
Africa bureau chief Cropley joining Reuters Breakingviews
This date in business journalism
2013: Tech blogs need to become more like industry pubs
2008: More details from AP’s biz desk revamp
Business journalism birthday
July 18: Thad Moore of the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier