Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Merger cancellation pushes Rite Aid into uncertain future, by Tom Murphy
Retail gains and bank losses leave U.S. stocks little changed, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Musk’s go-private proposal to be pored over by Tesla’s board, by Dana Hull and David Welch
The broker fought the flash boys and got in trouble for it, by Nick Baker
Fortune
Women open up about why they avoid doing business with friends, by Kristen Bellstrom
Facebook gives the boot to 3D-printed gun blueprints, by Jonathan Vanian
Reuters
Loeb’s Third Point calls for Campbell Soup sale, by Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Greg Roumeliotis
Donerail Group in talks to buy Chicago Tribune owner Tronc, by Greg Roumeliotis
News about business journalism
Columbus Dispatch hires Henry as business reporter
Dow Jones reports 9 percent increase in circulation revenue
Harvard Biz Review has increased paid circulation by 5 percent
TechCrunch reporter Lynley is leaving for Redfin
ProPublica hires Dudley to cover tech
Digiday hires Kaplan as its news editor
TheStreet CEO Callaway comments on second quarter
Why Fred is an economics reporters best friend
This date in business journalism
2013: Is LinkedIn the next business journalism powerhouse?
2008: Fox Business is dumbed-down business news
Business journalism birthday
Aug. 10: Alex Barinka of Bloomberg News
