Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Reuters
Alaska Air reaches deal to buy Virgin American for over $2 billion, by Greg Roumeliotis and Jeffrey Dastin
Kashkari takes on Wall Street from farm-rich Fed region, by Olivia Oran
USA Today
IMF chief moves to ease tensions with Greece on $98B bailout, by Paul Davidson
Massive leak reveals money rings of world leaders, by Greg Toppo
Fortune
A $699 juice press just raised $70 million, by Claire Groden
Maryland court says phone tracking unconstitutional, by David Z. Morris
Associated Press
Move to OK commercial drone flights over people, by Joan Lowy
Rent control spreads from pricey San Francisco to suburbs, by Janie Har
News about business journalism:
Tulsa paper moves business news inside local section
Milwaukee biz editor starts “C-Level” column
How The Economist has 35 million followers on social media
How “Wall Street Week” landed at Fox Business
Morgan Housel says business journalism is better than ever
WSJ names Ashby Jones its new legal editor
FT hires Kao as data journalist in New York
WSJ hires Abkowitz to cover tech in China
This date in business journalism history:
2011: Engadget staff to launch new site
2013: Bloomberg adds Twitter to service
