Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot, by David Rising, Seth Borenstein
Long-term mortgage rates near historic lows: 30-year 3.55%
Bloomberg
Tesla to Agree to Buy Batteries From LG for China Factory
For Business, Veganism Is the New Vaping, by Andrea Felsted
Fortune
How Minnidip Made A Splash With Its Inflatable Pools, by Kristin Larson
How Google’s Plan to Increase Your Online Privacy Differs from Apple and Firefox Ideas, by Gerrit De Vynck
CNBC
Corporate earnings show trade war straining US economy as companies lean on shoppers to prop up profits, by Leslie Josephs
Volkswagen says report of interest in investing in Tesla is ‘completely unfounded’, by Paul A. Eisenstein
Reuters
Shares in Peppa Pig owner jump 30% after Hasbro’s $4 billion offer
U.S. SEC fines Deutsche Bank $16 million to settle foreign corruption charges, by Michelle Price
News about business journalism
Fiegerman becomes CNN tech editor
WSJ parent preparing news app to address concerns about Facebook/Google
Michelle Hackman moves to immigration policy beat at WSJ
The fake personal finance expert who duped business reporters
Evelyn Larrubia joins The Markup
Business Insider’s parent is reorganizing its editorial operations
