Talking Biz News Today — Dec. 4, 2014

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

The New York Times

Booyah! Activist investor hurls purple prose at Jim Cramer, by Michael J. De La Merced

Honda decides to expand airbag recall as a defiant Takata resists, by Aaron M. Kessler and Hiroko Tabuchi

Satya Nadella, Microsoft chief, to get $84 million pay package, by The Associated Press

The Wall Street Journal

McDonald’s menu problem: It’s supersized, by Julie Jargon

U.K. targets tech firms with ‘Google Tax,’ by Lisa Fleisher

DirecTV could ding HBO on streaming service, by Shalini Ramachandran and Keach Hagey

Reuters

Pilot strike grounds half of long-haul flights at Lufthansa, by Maria Sheahan and Victoria Bryan

Cost cuts help Sears post smaller-than-estimated loss, by Sruthi Ramakrishnan and Nathan Layne

Bloomberg

Did North Korea really hack Sony?, by Steve Friess

Business Insider

Bezos: I have spent billions of dollars on failed bets — but I’ll never do this, by Devan Joseph and Kamelia Angelova

Today in business journalism

Top Bloomberg Pursuits editors leave abruptly amid shakeup

Tribune wire adds business news content

BuzzFeed hires Wired’s Honan to run its Silicon Valley bureau

Investor to Cramer: Resign from CNBC and reduce your salary, or sell TheStreet.com

WSJ moves to animated hedcuts

This date in business journalism history

2009: Reuters.com set to relaunch

2010: Covering the marijuana business beat

Business journalism birthdays

Dec. 4: Julia Boorstin of CNBC