Talking Biz News Today — August 15, 2019

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

The bond market smells recession as global stress rises, by Stan Choe

Virgin Galactic unveiling mission control for space tourism, by Susan Montoya Bryan

Bloomberg

Maersk Beats Profit Forecasts But Warns of Uncertainty, by Christian Wienberg

Someone’s Betting Big on an S&P 500 Rebound as Sell-Off Worsens, by Gregory Calderone

Fortune

Microsoft Will Continue Letting Workers Listen to Skype, Cortana Recordings, by David Z. Morris

Google Employees Demand That the Company Avoids Working for U.S. Border Agencies, by Gerrit de Vynck

The Wall Street Journal

Federal Prosecutors Accuse Capital One Hacker of Hitting Dozens More Targets, by Robert McMillan

Macy’s Turnaround Hits Harsh Retail Reality, by Suzanne Kapner, Aisha al-Muslim

Reuters

Buffett’s Berkshire boosts Amazon.com bet, attracts Ackman, by Jonathan Stempel

VMWare in talks to buy Pivotal Software; both controlled by Dell, by Ankur Banerjee

News about business journalism

Swisher inducted into LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame

Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal hires Miller to cover tech and health care

Fox Business cuts ads to cover market drop

GIE Media launches Hemp Grower

Ross Andersen tapped as The Atlantic deputy editor

Worcester daily lays off biz columnist

Energy reporter Cusick leaves Pennsylvania broadcast job to join PBS

Tech reporter Lorenz joining NY Times’ Culture of Tech team

Reuters journalist soars to the sky in new career