Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
House farm bill passes, sending it to Trump’s desk, by Juliet Linderman
States ask court to stop Trump from reviving U.S. coal sales, by Matthew Brown
Bloomberg
U.S. stocks rebound on renewed trade hopes, by Sarah Ponczek and Luke Kawa
Elon Musk is getting the last laugh on Wall Street after a wild 2018, by Esha Dey
Fortune
65,000 Toyota, Lexus vehicles recalled a second time, by Brittany Shoot
The best business leaders aren’t CEOs. They’re COOS, by Andrew Nusca
Reuters
Canada frees CFO of China’s Huawei, Trump might intervene, by Julie Gordon and Anna Mehler Paperny
China’s Tencent Music debut strikes a chord with investors, by Mary Ann Alapatt and Aparajita Saxena
News about business journalism
Former Phoenix Biz Journal editor Lowery joins Common Sense Media
How Kara Swisher uses Twitter to formulate columns
Yahoo Finance gets standalone app on Apple TV devices
WSJ’s Podd is retiring after 25 years
Meredith sells The Drive, seeks $10-$15 million for Money
Politico hires Rosca to cover finance in London
This date in business journalism
2013: VentureBeat names Tweney its editor in chief
2008: WSJ to add web offerings, more charges
Business journalism birthday
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 Fortun