Talking Biz News Today – Feb. 15, 2016

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Spirit Airlines new boss vows to repair image, by Susan Carey 

Whole Foods works to reduce costs and boost clout with suppliers, by Ilan Brat

Bloomberg

Economists are ditching their calls for a Fed rate hike in March, by A Catarina Saraiva

China’s Spring Festival holiday retail sales spike 11.2%

The Associated Press

U.S. business stockpiles rise in December, but sales fall, by Josh Boak

U.S. retail sales rise as consumers shrug off stock price drop, by Christopher S. Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio

Reuters

Germany wants to introduce random emissions tests on cars, by Joseph Nasr

Fed’s ‘dot plot’ looks increasingly out of touch on rates, by Ann Saphir

Forbes

‘Deadpool’ box office: Superhero fatigue strikes again with record $47.5M Friday, by Scott Mendelson

Why the NFL bet $63 billion on Beyoncé and the Black Panthers, by Mike Ozanian

News about business journalism:

Micklethwait and the balancing act at Bloomberg

McCuan leaving SF Chronicle biz desk for startup

NY Times biz desk shuffles some assignments

Harvard Biz Review adapts to the digital age

Bloomberg seeks ag commodities reporter in Brazil

Economist sees 31 percent growth in digital readers

This date in business journalism history:

2011: Translating corporate statements into journalism

2009: The difficulty of covering a down market

Business journalism birthdays: 

Feb. 15: Lisa Richwine with Reuters

Feb. 15: Adrienne Carter with the New York Times

Feb. 15: Scott Wapner with CNBC

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