Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Stocks end lower in mostly quiet trading, by Ken Sweet
Speedo USA, three others drop Lochte after Rio incident, by Paul Newberry
Bloomberg
Delta offers pilots 27% raise as contract impasse lingers, by Michael Sasso
Senators scrutinize Mylan over EpiPen price increases, by Cynthia Koons and Anna Edney
MarketWatch.com
This S&P 500 sector performs the best when oil is slumping, by Mark DeCambre
Seattle home-sale market provides small hint of slowdown, by Sam Debord
Reuters
Federal Reserve under pressure to reform system, goals, by Lindsay Dunsmuir
Former Fannie Mae CEO settles crisis-related lawsuit with SEC, by Patrick Rucker and Nate Raymond
News about business journalism
Why a business columnist wrote about homelessness
Investopedia makes three editorial hires
Nashville Biz Journal hires new money reporter
Reuters hires tech reporter, investigative reporter in India
NY Times hires Wakabayashi to cover tech
Dowell named editor of Asia Pacific for WSJ
The date in business journalism
2011: Oakland area newspapers to get standalone business section
2006: Wall Street Journal to cut stock tables