Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
Low gasoline prices will continue this summer, government says, by Clifford Krauss
ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ tops NBC’s newscast, by John Koblin
The Wall Street Journal
Fidelity’s new chief confronts market shift, by Kirsten Grind
Shell in advanced talks to buy BG Group, by Dana Mattioli, Shayndi Raice and Justin Scheck
Reuters
U.S. mortgage applications rise in latest week : MBA, by Carolina Valetkevitch
Wall Street sanguine as it heads into worst earnings season in six years, by Caroline Valetkevitch
The Associated Press
Mercedes has best sales month in its history, by The Associated Press
Russia hints at lifting embargo on food imports from Greece, by The Associated Press
News about business journalism
Fortune close to hiring six GigaOm journalists
Reuters losing West Coast tech editor to Bloomberg, reporter to Business Insider
Re/code hires DeAmicis to cover startups
Economist launching bilingual Global Business Review
Consumer Reports hires Fox from Reuters
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