Talking Biz News Today — August 14, 2019

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Trump delays tariffs on some Chinese goods until December, by Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber

German economy shrinks amid trade concerns, auto woes, by David McHugh

The Wall Street Journal

Boeing’s Plane Deliveries Tumble as 737 MAX Jet Stays Grounded, by Patrock Thomas, Austen Hufford

Western Companies in Hong Kong Activate Contingency Plans as Turmoil Spreads, by Frances Yoon

CNN

Walmart removes 1,000 third-party items from its website after mass shootings, by Madeline Holcombe, Cristina Alesci

Stocks are up 29% during Trump’s presidency, by Chris Isidore

Fortune

Twitter Has Tripled the Number of Workers Policing Its Service In the Past Year, by Danielle Abril

Auditor Is Reviewing the Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract Process for Potential Misconduct, by Robert Burns

Reuters

U.S. aviation regulator bans select MacBook Pro laptops from flights, by Debroop Roy, David Shepardson

GM, Ford planning for possible economic downturn: executives, by Ben Klayman

News about business journalism

In defense of the BW cover “The Death of Equities”

Wharton Seminars seeking biz journalists for fall fellowships

Berna appointed supervising producer at CNBC’s “Fast Money”

Bloomberg’s McCorry named winner of NYFWA’s Bell Award

CNBC.com hires news editor, data visualization journalist

Terry Nguyen joins Vox’s The Goods

Damian Paletta named Washington Post’s new economic editor

Washington Post names Goldenberg its Sunday biz editor

How the WSJ is building an incubator in the newsroom

How a Bloomberg reporter got his stolen identity back

Nominations announced for Business Book of the Year