Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Small-business owners’ confidence in economy wanes, by Ruth Simon
Port of New York and New Jersey saw record container traffic in July, by Robbie Whelan
Bloomberg
Venezuela is adding more zeroes to its currency to deal with hyperinflation, by Noris Soto and Nathan Crooks
Twitter, Facebook shooting clips enflame media violence debate, by Jing Cao and Gerry Smith
The Street
Monsanto (MON) walks away from Syngenta (SYT) deal after another rejected bid, by Paul Whitfield
Could Ford (F) be mulling a U.S. return of the ranger pickup?, by Doron Levin
Reuters
Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15, other semi-automatic rifles, by Nathan Layne
Wall Street chalks up biggest gain in four years, by Noel Randewich
Quartz
Wall Street is getting cold feet about that September rate hike, by Melvin Backman
Nestle India has begun the long journey to reclaim Maggi’s lost empire, by Manu Balachandran
News about business journalism:
WSJ launches “What’s News” application
The penguin that’s named after a BuzzFeed business journalist
Fox Business Network has its highest ratings ever
Reuters TV is now free to all users
This date in business journalism history:
2009: SquawkBox gets more political
2007: Choking on doughnut coverage
Business journalism birthdays:
Aug. 27: Robert McMillan with Reuters
Aug. 27: Burt Helm
