Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Harvey slams region’s economy, with damage in the billions, by David Koenig
Stocks are mixed as storm affects insurers, energy companies, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Facebook’s 21-year-old wunderkind leaves for Google, by Sarah Frier
Amazon cuts Whole Foods prices as much as 43% on first day, by Jennifer Kaplan and Matthew Boyle
Fortune
This drug is a dual threat against heart disease and cancer, by Clifton Leaf
This is the new Uber CEO’s track record on gender equality, by Valentina Zarya
Reuters
U.S. home improvement retailer, oil refiner shares climb after Harvey, by Chuck Mikolajczak
CSX tackling service issue, CEO tells rail regulator, by Nick Carey
News about business journalism
WSJ hires Youssef as reporter in DC bureau
Kastrenakes named editor of Circuit Breaker
NY Times reporter Goel moving to India to be tech correspondent
The importance of the labor beat
NerdWallet promotes two to deputy director of content
Marinova is new Fortune Term Sheet writer
This date in business journalism
2012: Minnesota biz magazine names new editor
2007: WSJ to rename weekend section
Business journalism birthday
Aug. 29: Wendy Bounds of Consumer Reports