Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Facebook hates ad blockers so much it now blocks them, by Barbara Ortutay
Some Delta systems haven’t fully recovered by outage, by David Koenig
Bloomberg
Disney profit tops estimates as film gains overshadow TV, by Christopher Palmeri
Valeant shares have record day as investors get relief, by Cynthia Koons
MarketWatch.com
Intel, Apple are buying up artificial-intelligence startups, by Don Clark
SunPower sheds more than 20% after wider-than-expected loss, by Wallace Witkowski
Reuters
U.S. productivity falls for third consecutive quarter, by Lucia Mutikani
Several U.S. states unprepared for a recession: S&P, by Stephanie Kelly
News about business journalism
ACBJ remakes its national content team
Philadelphia Biz Journal hires new tech reporter
Bloomberg Media U.S. ad revenue up 32 percent in July
Crain closing Business Insurance
McGraw Center awards grants for biz reporting projects
News Corp. CEO Thomson discusses Dow Jones’ fourth quarter
The date in business journalism
2011: Reuters names investigative projects editor
2006: Forbes publisher: Working for Bono is cool
Business journalism birthday
Aug. 10: Alex Barinka of Bloomberg News
