Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Online sites court procrastinators with speedy shipping, by Mae Anderson
Volkswagen deal gives some diesel car owners buyback option, by Sudhin Thanawala
Bloomberg
Twitter CTO Messinger to exit, further depleting executive ranks, by Sarah Frier
Southwest Airlines website fails during holiday travel week, by Mary Schlangenstein
Fortune
Disney fights back against ESPN’s decline, by Geoff Colvin
General Mills battered by weak yogurt sales, by John Kell
Reuters
Investors see Biogen CEO as friendly to potential takeover, by Bill Berkrot and Carl O’Donnell
Linde, Praxair agree to $65 billion merger outline, ambitious cost outline, by Ludwig Burger
News about business journalism
Fortune reporter Kokalitcheva to join Axios
Why a Quartz reporter is suing the government for immigration data
S&P Global hires Bloomberg’s Hallam to run health care desk
Economist deputy editor: Display advertising gone by 2025
Bloomberg reorganizes DC ops, creates Money & Influence and Trump org teams
The date in business journalism
2011: TheStreet targeted by activist investor as CEO steps down
2006: NY Times biz journalist must disclose sources in Trump case
