Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
5 days that taught investors all they need to know, by Geoffrey Rogow
By another measure, U.S. economic growth has nearly stalled this year, by Eric Morath
Fortune
Why Intel will spend $16.7 billion on Altera, by Stacey Higginbotham
Why the Sulzberger family should sell the New York Times, by Mathew Ingram
Bloomberg
Can Netflix become must-see TV in Japan?, by Lucas Shaw
Apple to hold iPhone event on September 9 in San Francisco, by Adam Satariano
The Street
Why Amazon’s (AMZN) Fire Phone turned out to be such a disaster, by Chris Ciaccia
What the GDP growth revision means for the market, by Mike Norman
Reuters
China official blames Fed for global market rout, not yuan, by Kevin Yao
Google rejects ‘unfounded’ EU antitrust charges of market abuse, by Foo Yun Chee
News about business journalism:
When a mom checked up on a Fortune reporter
Asia digital editor Najberg leaving WSJ
How Bloomberg is selling advertisers on its news
Business reporters invited to apply for Wharton scholarships
This date in business journalism history:
2013: The financial media is not a toy to be used and discarded
2009: Assessing BusinessWeek’s online strategy
Business journalism birthdays:
Aug. 28: Tori Stilwell with Bloomberg News
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