Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Ford ousts top exec over “inappropriate behavior,” by Dee-Ann Durbin
Fed officials: Stronger economy boosts chances for rate hikes, by Martin Crutsinger
Bloomberg
Long blockchain may have misled investors, Nasdaq says in letter, by Olga Kharif
Roku plummets after missing first-quarter sales forecast, by Selina Wang
Fortune
Here’s what bitcoin must prove before Goldman Sachs would invest, by Jen Wieczner
Donald Trump may be cheering low unemployment, but here’s why businesses aren’t, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
GE eyes $4 billion in asset sales, has no plans to sell more stock, by Alwyn Scott
Broadcom cuts Qualcomm offer to $117 billion after new NXP deal, by Greg Roumeliotis
News about business journalism
FitSmallBusiness.com, boosted by growth, hires chief content officer
Reuters reporters win award for body parts stories
Why Quartz has had success with its email newsletters
How Varney tries to make business news entertaining
NY Times hires Valentino-DeVries to cover tech for I team
Augusta deputy biz editor becomes editor of newspaper
Reed resigns as Chicago Tribune biz columnist
This date in business journalism
2013: Reuters hires Greising to run Midwest bureau
2008: Dallas Morning News publishes two business sections on Fridays
