Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Some of Facebook’s earliest friends now its sharpest critics, by Barbara Ortutay
Follow the money: Investors lead charge on climate change, by Frank Jordans
Bloomberg
Traders see no end to dollar’s pain in 2018, by Lananh Nguyen
SEC halts a real initial coin offering, by Matt Levine
Fortune
Facebook exec joins Coinbase board, by Jeff John Roberts
Apple to bring coding education to this city’s schools, by Jonathan Vanian
Reuters
S&P, Dow rise with help from banks; Nasdaq lags, by Sinead Carew
Bitcoin hits another record high in march toward $20,000, by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
News about business journalism
Mergermarket makes five new hires, opens LA bureau
Fast Company editor Safian leaving after 12 years
WSJ defends coverage of Dallas-based money manager
Tennessee biz editor hired as Virginia editorial paper editor
CNBC unveils plans for Middle East HQ in Abu Dhabi
The new WSJ app includes a personalized news feed
Roberts named Cheddar’s editor in chief
Business journalism giant Loeb dies at 88
This date in business journalism
2012: A biz reporter who covered layoffs is laid off
2007: Reuters to supply FT.com with video
Business journalism birthdays:
Dec. 13: Trish Regan of Fox Business Network
Dec. 13: Mamta Badkar of the Financial Times
Dec. 13: Neil Roland of MLex
Dec. 13: Lucinda Shen of Fortune
