Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Feb. 2, 2016

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to unveil cost-cutting plan, by Douglass Macmillan

Strong dollar batters earnings for U.S. tech firms, by Don Clark, Daisuke Wakabayashi, and Alistair Barr

Bloomberg

Fisher says Fed’s next decision unclear amid global uncertainty, by Christopher Condon and Matthew Boesler

WhatsApp hits 1 billion users, fulfilling Zuckerberg’s promise, by Sarah Frier 

The Associated Press

CDC says Chipotle-linked outbreak of E .coli appears over, by Marcy Gordon 

Airlines restore tiny perks, like pretzels, to pacify flyers, by Scott Mayerowitz

Reuters

U.S. factories show signs of stabilization; consumers hibernate, by Lucia Mutikani 

Alphabet profit sends shares up; overtakes Apple in value, by Deborah M. Todd and Anya George Tharakan

Quartz

Stock volatility has shut down the IPO market, by Melvin Backman 

Google has officially dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company, by Melvin Backman

News about business journalism:

WSJ tech editor Krim is leaving paper

Bloomberg hires from Mosendz Newsweek

Yahoo Finance hires Sam Ro as ME

Bloomberg Television’s “Go” adds sponsor

This date in business journalism history:

2009: Media too quick to call economic collapse

2011: The biz media and analysts

Business journalism birthdays: 

Feb. 2: James Madore with Newsday

Take TBN’s 2016 salary survey of business journalists HERE.

Lauren Thomas

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