Wednesday’s top business stories:
New York Times
Lending where banks can’t, Blackstone thrives in Ireland, by Landon Thomas Jr.
Reuters
U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week: MBA, by Rodrigo Campos
Bloomberg
Teenagers spurn working as school in U.S. takes priority, by Jeanna Smialek
Signet Jewelers agrees to buy Zale for $1.4 billion, by Cecile Daurat
Businessweek
Introducing the U.S. government’s new and improved inflation measure, by Peter Coy
The CBO foresees lost jobs from a higher minimum wage, by Peter Coy
Fortune
Google Capital comes out of stealth with third investment, by Miguel Helft
Today in business journalism
What “no comment” means when covering M&A
WSJ names investigations editor, staffers
Parts of the Forbes site remain down
CNBC.com has record January for visitors
More stories of bankers behaving badly
This date in business journalism history
2006: NY Guild reaches deal with Consumers Union
2013: The New Yorker launches online biz page
Business journalism birthdays
Feb. 19: Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC and the New York Times
