Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart lowers sales outlook, by Chelsey Dulaney and Sarah Nassauer
Yahoo cuts digital magazines, closes Burbank, Calif., office, by Douglas MacMillan
Bloomberg
IBM to acquire Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion, by Jing Cao
Apple gains Silicon Valley’s backing in government fight, by Tim Higgins
The Associated Press
Making soda cool: Coke, Pepsi try giving soda hipster appeal, by Candice Choi
Wal-Mart’s 4Q results test investor patience, by Anne D’Innocenzio
Reuters
U.S. job market firming; manufacturing still on the ropes, by Lucia Mutikani
Global downturn spurred Fed to consider changing rate path: minutes, by Jason Lange and Lindsay Dunsmuir
Quartz
For China’s upper middle class, driving for Uber is a cure for loneliness, by Zheping Huang
Oil is now so cheap even pirates aren’t stealing it anymore, by Cassie Werber
News about business journalism:
Charlotte Biz Journal hires new real estate reporter
How to do online biz journalism and make money
Crain’s Chicago names new managing editor
Kudlow signs three-year deal with CNBC
Fortune hires four, starts “Venture” site
This date in business journalism history:
2015: The decline–and rebirth–of labor coverage
2014: Uncovering artifacts when moving your biz news operation
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 19: Andrew Sorkin with the New York Times
Take TBN’s 2016 salary survey of business journalists HERE.
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…