Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Fed shies away from June rate hike, by Jon Hilsenrath
Low prices cool boom in U.S. oil production, by Russell Gold
The New York Times
Use of e-cigarettes rise sharply among teenagers, report says, by Sabrina Tavernise
WikiLeaks posts Sony Pictures documents, angering the studio, by Michael Cieply
Reuters
Futures drop after weak results; inflation data due, by Tanya Agrawal
GE posts net loss on finance sale; industrial profit rises, by Lewis Krauskopf
Bloomberg
Apple’s Tim Cook is a steal at $65 million in pay, by Caleb Melby
VW patriarch Piech handed rare defeat on 78th birthday, by Christoph Rauwald and Elisabeth Behrmann
News about business journalism
WaPo assistant biz editor joins NY Times
SABEW names winners of first Canadian Best in Business
Opportunity for business media with women readers
WSJ’s web redesign will move away from text-heavy look
This date in business journalism history
2009: The state of business news on TV
2013: The decline of long-form journalism at the WSJ
Business journalism birthdays
April 17: Tim Mullaney of Marketwatch
April 18: Linette Lopez of Business Insider
