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
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