Some Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Twitter challenges U.S. order for anti-Trump user records, by Barbara Ortutay
Stocks end higher as retailers and smaller companies rise, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Kashkari slams Jamie Dimon’s complaints about regulatory burden, by Jesse Hamilton
Alphabet moves two top Google Fiber executives off project, by Mark Bergen
Fortune
Why Pepsi’s Kendall Jenner ad bombed in the age of Twitter, by Mark Laver
Everything we just learned about Microsoft’s Xbox Scorpio, by Matt Peckham
Reuters
U.S. weekly jobless claims post largest drop in almost two years, by Lucia Mutikani
Lyft valued at $7.5 billion in new funding round, by Heather Somerville
News about business journalism
Beef producer’s defamation case against ABC News headed to trial
Reuters starts transparency initiative
McGraw Center seeking spring fellowship applications
Seeking Alpha Marketplace writers generating $3 million in revenue
Business Insider launches live-stream show “The Bottom Line”
Markowitz, former Pittsburgh Tribune-Review biz editor, dies at 85
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