Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Yahoo suffers world’s biggest hack affecting 1 billion users, by Michael Liedtke
California tells Uber to stop rides in self-driving cars, by Justin Pritchard and Michael Liedtke
Bloomberg
Amazon moves further into Netflix’s turf with low-priced TV, by Olga Kharif and Lucas Shaw
Nintendo’s first smartphone game is finally here, by Yuji Nakamura
Fortune
Shoppers are enjoying deeper discounts this holiday season, by Phil Wahba
Insurers are rebelling against the FDA’s most controversial 2016 drug approval, by Sy Mukherjee
Reuters
U.S. IPOs set to rebound after dismal 2016, by Sweta Singh
GE sticks to $2 EPS target for 2018, sells more assets, by Alwyn Scott and Anya George Tharakan
News about business journalism
The Bloomberg terminal, Trump tweets and investing
Jaffe departing MarketWatch, but column could remain
Chicago’s Booth School seeks business journalists for 10-week program
What’s behind Bloomberg Media’s new mobile app
Business Insider using Google Chrome extension to attract more readers
Bloomberg Media bets on apps as magazines of the future
The date in business journalism
2011: The rapidly changing world of tech journalism
2006: Study at Dow Jones evaluating news gathering
Business journalism birthday:
Dec. 15: Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg Television