Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Stocks slow down after record-setting run, by Stan Choe
Trump names Acosta as new sources to become labor secretary, by Laurie Kellman and Ken Thomas
Bloomberg
Port Authority approves $70 million to plan new NYC bus terminal, by Martin Z. Braun
Alphabet scraps plan to blanket globe with internet balloons, by Mark Bergen
Fortune
This powerful gaming CEO is OK is virtual reality fails, by Jonathan Vanian
You can now shop at Whole Foods and Costco with Google Home, by Kirsten Korosec
Reuters
Snap lowers value expectation in highly anticipated IPO, by Lauren Hirsch and Sruthi Shankar
U.S. appeals court to rehear challenges to SEC judges, by Lawrence Hurley
News about business journalism
FT creates dashboard to determine when old stories have traction
Foreign reporters on edge at WSJ
Personal finance columnist Olen laid off at Slate
The date in business journalism
2012: NY Times hires banking reporter from WSJ
2007: New biz magazine launching in Utah
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 17: Richard Tofel with ProPublica
