Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
Twitter troubles lie in marketers’ reluctance to buy new kind of ad, by Vindu Goel and Sydney Ember
A founder of Secret, the anonymous social app, is shutting it down, by Mike Isaac
The Wall Street Journal
Starwood opens door to a suitor, by Craig Karmin
Wall Street pushes back on foreign bribery probe, by Jean Eaglesham, Emily Glazer and Ned Levin
The Street
Apple has found a problem with the Apple Watch, WSJ reports, by Jane King
Spirit Airlines investors choke on 30% growth rate, sell shares, by Ted Reed
Reuters
U.S. oil hits five-month high as dollar weakens, by Christopher Johnson
Fed caution, weak economic growth weigh on stock futures, by Tanya Agrawal
News about business journalism
Globe and Mail overhauling its business section
Examining the Reuters mobile strategy
Andrew Ross Sorkin: Money is the prism of everything.
Pew study projects revenue growth for business TV channels
Thomson Reuters CEO: News is vital to the company
This date in business journalism history
2011: New Bloomberg Businessweek app gets personal with users
2012: Biz magazine lets cover story subject read article before publication
Business journalism birthdays
April 30: Robert Safian of Fast Company
April 30: James Surowiecki of The New Yorker
April 30: Amanda Drury of CNBC
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