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Talking Biz News Today — Dec. 28, 2016

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Growing number of Americans are retiring outside of the U.S., by Maria Zamudio

U.S. consumer confidence climbed to a 15-year high in December, by Paul Wiseman

Bloomberg

Delta drops Boeing Dreamliner order inherited from Northwest, by Michael Sasso

Toshiba falls by daily limit as nuclear unit faces writedowns, by Stephen Stapczynski

Fortune

Strong Fitbit app downloads after Christmas gives stock a boost, by Aaron Pressman

Police ask Amazon’s Echo to solve a murder, by Jeff John Roberts

Reuters

Last-minute spending surge lifts U.S. holiday shopping season, by Nandita Bose

Abbott gets U.S. antitrust approval to buy St. Jude Medical, by Diane Bartz

News about business journalism

Automotive News senior writer Wernle retires

Thiruvengadam leaving Business Insider

The date in business journalism

2011: End of golden era of tech blogging

2006: Former Orlando biz columnist dies at 76

Business journalism birthday

Dec. 28: Alistair Barr of Bloomberg News

Dec. 28: Bertha Coombs of CNBC

Dec. 28: Lou Harry of Indianapolis Business Journal

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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