Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Amazon aims to cut its carbon footprint, by Joseph Pisani
Honda to shut UK plant, imperiling 3,500 jobs, by Jill Lawless
Bloomberg
Crispin Odey is shorting the pound again, by Nishant Kumar
Stocks, commodities climb as trade optimism builds, by Todd White and Aline Oyamada
Fortune
New Zealand wants to tax online giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon, by Hallie Detrick
Wall Street’s incredible shrinking earnings outlook, by Shawn Tully
Reuters
Auto industry lines up against possible U.S. tariffs, by Sarah N. Lynch
Russia’s Rusal in talks to resume reinsurance with Western companies, by Tatiana Voronova
News about business journalism
Arkansas Business is being sold to its president
More collaboration coming across Barron’s Group
Crain’s Chicago hires Guth to host daily podcast
Osborne hired as editor of Delaware Business Times
German prosecutors investigating FT journalist after Wirecard reporting
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This date in business journalism
2014: Fosun closes in on Forbes deal for less than $250 million
2009: Burnett’s stock is on the rise
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 19: Andrew Ross Sorkin with the New York Times