Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
The vanishing male worker: How America fell behind, by Binyamin Appelbaum
House narrowly passes bill to avoid shutdown: $1.1 trillion in spending, by Ashley Parker and Robert Pear
The Wall Street Journal
Cheaper gasoline fuels retail hopes, by Josh Mitchell and Suzanne Kapner
The biggest music comeback of 2014: Vinyl records, by Neil Shah
Kering replaces Gucci CEO, creative chief to quit, by Manuela Mesco
Business Insider
Google pulls out of Russia, by Joshua Barrie
The Russian currency crisis just got even worse, by Tomas Hirst
Bloomberg
Venezuela’s got $21 billion. And owes $21 billion, by Katia Porzecanski
Sony studio head says racial jokes haven’t sapped support, by Anousha Sakoui, Christopher Palmeri and Lucas Shaw
The Associated Press
Christmas tree shopping: cost vs. convenience, by Holly Ramer
Today in business journalism
Prosser named Kansas City Business Journal publisher
Orlando Business Journal names new publisher
CNNMoney hires Kludt as new media reporter
Loeb winner on trial for libel in Angola
Quartz hires WSJ reporter for London bureau
This date in business journalism history
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Business journalism birthdays
Dec. 12: Liz Claman of Fox Business Network
Dec.12: Melissa Francis of Fox Business Network
Dec. 12: Jon Fortt of CNBC
Dec. 13: Trish Regan of Bloomberg
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