Some of Thursday’s top business stories:
New York Times
Target says data for 40 million shoppers was stolen, by Nicole Perlroth and Elizabeth A. Harris
Real estate trusts in $4.34 billion merger
Reuters
Housing, jobs data weaken, but overall economic picture still upbeat, by Lucia Mutikani
Zuckerberg to sell Facebook shares worth about $2.3 billion, by Sruthi Ramakrishnan
CNBC
How pricey shrimp is hitting Red Lobster profit, by Katie Little
Businessweek
Value of frequent flier miles will soon drop for Delta and United travelers, by Justin Bachman
MBA salary outlook: Pay stays flat in 2014, by Patrick Clark
Today in business journalism
Bloomberg Markets story leads to CFTC investigation
Outsourced content on Forbes is now outsourced
Investor vows to shake up TheStreet.com
China extends credentials for Bloomberg, NYTimes reporters
Fed decides to scale back stimulus
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