Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Kohl’s profit falls 20%, plans to test smaller format store, by Anne Steele
Ab InBev profit dented by falling emerging-market currencies, by Natalia Drozdiak
Bloomberg
Homebuyers in pricey markets are now scared to dream, by Patrick Clark
Moody’s fate in subprime probe to be decided soon by U.S., by David McLaughlin, Tom Schoenberg and Andrew M. Harris
The Associated Press
Japan’s Sharp accepts takeover, Foxconn not ready to sign, by Yuri Kageyama
Sears 4Q loss widens after limping through the holidays
Reuters
Apple unlocking case not ‘trailblazer’ for precedent: FBI chief, by Dustin Volz
Strong U.S durable goods orders offer hope for manufacturing, by Lucia Mutikani
Quartz
The employees defrauding their companies are increasingly senior, by Joon Ian Wong
China minted dozens of new IPO billionaires in 2015, even as stock markets crashed, by Zheping Huang
News about business journalism:
CNBC Digital hires Yarow as executive editor
Milwaukee Biz Journal hires new retail reporter
Four stories on Wired.com were plagiarized
Interim CEO of TheStreet to receive $35,833 a month
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