Some of Tuesday’s top stories:
New York Times
Microsoft names new chief; Gates becomes adviser, by Nick Wingfield
Health care law may result in 2 million fewer full-time workers, by Annie Lowrey
Reuters
U.S. factory orders data eases economic slowdown fears, by Lucia Mutikani
Wall Street Journal
RadioShack to close about 500 stores within months – sources, by Emily Glazer
CNNMoney
Target to invest in chip-based credit cards, by Jose Pagliery
Deficit continues to drop sharply-CBO, by Jeanne Sahadi
Bloomberg
Emerging-market stocks extend worst start ever on economy, Elena Popina, Veronica Navarro Espinosa and Lyubov Pronina
Today in business journalism
Dow Jones CEO departure came after revenue slide
Weber of Reuters joining The Information as ME
Business Insider reporter joins Quartz
WSJ names Scheffler news editor of video
Las Vegas paper updates stock listings
Why Seeking Alpha is great for investors but uncomfortable for PR people
This date in business journalism history
2008: The Industry Standard is back
2013: AOL negotiated to buy tech news site gdgt
Business journalism birthdays
Feb. 4: Kathy Kristof of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and CBS MoneyWatch
