Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
US stocks end mostly lower, weighed down by industrials, by Alex Veiga
Amazon’s profit more than doubles on cloud computing growth, by Joseph Pisani
Uber aims for an IPO valuation of as much as$90 billion, by Olivia Zaleski and Eric Newcomer
Amazon will spend $800 million to move to one-day delivery, by Spencer Soper
Bitcoin tumbles after officials allege $850 million fraud, by Jeff John Roberts
Disney’s latest blockbuster isn’t Star Was — it’s streaming wars, by Adam Lashinsky
Ford more confident about strong 2019 despite “volatile environment,” by Nick Carey and Paul Lienert
Intel cuts forecast as China data center sales remain weak, by Sayanti Chakraborty and Stephen Nellis
News about business journalism
ALM media hires Smith, Lancaster as reporters
CNN hires Washington Post’s Fung to cover business, tech
Politico to hire Bade to cover energy policy
How Bartiromo’s stock has risen at Fox Business
New Markup editor Larson: We had fallen behind schedule
WSJ hires Vallice for video team
This date in business journalism
2014: Professor studies stock price changes and business journalism
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