Some of Friday’s top stories:
Bloomberg
VW offers $9.2 billion to buy rest of truckmaker Scania, by Christoph Rauwald
Cooling U.S. home sales only partly due to bad weather: economy, by Victoria Stilwell
CNNMoney
Detroit bankruptcy plan proposes slashing pension benefits up to 34%, by Chris Isidore and Melanie Hicken
GM accused of deadly recall delay, by Peter Valdes-Dapena
The Associated Press
Transcripts show Fed grappling with 2008 crisis, by Christopher S. Rugaber and Marcy Gordon
Businessweek
PepsiCo director quitting to lead health institute that touted soda tax, by David Armstrong
And in local news:
Triangle Business Journal
New Hyatt hotel coming to Chapel Hill’s Southern Village, by Amanda Jones Hoyle
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LA Times biz editor becomes WSJ Brazil bureau chief
Bloomberg News making push in Canada
An homage to Om Malik
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