Some of Thursday’s top stories:
Bloomberg
Consumer prices in U.S. increased at slower pace in January, by Shobhana Chandra
UPS crash pilot told colleague schedule was ‘killing’ him, by Alan Levin and John Hughes
Reuters
Wal-Mart forecast disappoints, food-stamp cuts hurt customers, by Phil Wahba
New York Times
F.C.C. seeks a new path on ‘net neutrality’ rules, by Edward Wyatt
Forbes
The rags-to-riches story tale of how Jan Koum built WhatsApp into Facebook’s new $19 billion baby, by Parmy Olson
Businessweek
Gap ditches the minimum wage, gives raises to 65,000 workers, by Susan Berfield
And in local news:
Fortune
Meet the North Carolina company behind the lightning-fast U.S. bobsleds, by Ken Otterbourg
Today in business journalism
Taibbi to start publication looking at financial and political corruption
Kleman, former Consumer Reports editor, hired as editor of American Lawyer
BuzzFeed hires new business reporter
Fosun closes in on Forbes deal for less than $250 million
Coverage of Facebook’s latest acquisition
This date in business journalism history
2007: WSJ series on backdating wins Polk award
2012: Forbes using software to generate stories
Business journalism birthdays
Feb. 20: Eric Schine of Bloomberg News
Feb. 20: John Waggoner of USA Today
