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Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 24, 2014

February 24, 2014

Posted by Meredith Hamrick

Some of Monday’s top stories:

Reuters

Firms urged to pay into fund for Bangladesh factory victims, by Emma Thomasson
Nokia succumbs to Android appeal in low-cost phone battle, by Paul Sandle

New York Times

Seeking a lead on news, network turns to data-mining media group, by Leslie Kaufman
Fed’s aid in 2008 crisis stretched worldwide, by Neil Irwin

Business Insider

What the Netflix-Comcast deal really means in plain English, by Kyle Russell

Bloomberg

HSBC’s full-year profit misses estimates on cost reductions, by Howard Mustoe and Gavin Finch

The Associated Press

Seafaring drug smugglers challenging Coast Guard, by Julie Watson and Elliot Spagat

Today in business journalism

Head of Dow Jones Digital is out
Bartiromo: I now compete against CNBC
Price that Forbes sells for will tell us a lot
Pennsylvania paper names new biz editor
Comcast and Netflix reach streaming agreement

This date in business journalism history

2006: Japanese biz newspaper employee admits insider trading
2010: WSJ to launch Digits daily video

Business journalism birthdays

Feb. 22: Jim Watters of U-T San Diego
Feb. 24: Matt Zeitlin of BuzzFeed, Bob Pisani of CNBC

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