Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Google’s search engine directs voters to the ballot box, by Michael Liedtke
World Trade Center mall reopens, shows progress since 9/11, by Anne D’Innocenzio
Bloomberg
Icahn calls on EPA to fix “mother of all short squeezes,” by Laura Blewitt and Zachary Mider
Tudor said to cut 15% of workforce after losses, withdrawals, by Saijel Kishnan
MarketWatch.com
Cisco earnings: Summer layoffs to return? by Jennifer Booton
StemCells CEO, CFO and three directors resigned the day of merger that increased stock seven fold, by Tomi Kilgore
Reuters
Apple to boost China investment as demand slows, by Paul Carsten
SEC cracks down on severance agreements that deter whistleblowing, by Sarah N. Lynch
News about business journalism
Hwang leaves Bloomberg for Wall Street Journal
Ex-Bloomberg reporter joins artificial intelligence company
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