Friday’s top business stories
Bloomberg
Consumer credit in U.S. rose more than forecast in December, by Katherine Peralta
Monthly U.S. jobs report: A story told by numbers, with a twist (or two), by Matthew C. Klein
U.S. payrolls rise less than forecast; jobless rate falls, by Shobhana Chandra
Reuters
Moody’s cuts Puerto Rico to junk, by Steven C. Johnson
New York Times
McDonald’s chooses its moment in Vietnam, by Mike Ives
GoPro to go public, by David Gelles
Fortune
How a quiet Boulder startup is finding ‘million-dollar Tweets’ for businesses, by Erin Griffith
Today in business journalism
Jewish business magazine is launched
Wharton to hold one-day workshop for business journalists
How the Wall Street Journal beats competitors on social media
Louisville biz paper’s redesign changes how it covers stories
Kneale among three leaving Fox Business
SAC insider convicted
This date in business journalism history
2008: Buffett corrects Dow Jones story by calling CNBC
2012: AP assistant biz editor leaving for Bloomberg Industries
Business journalism birthdays
Feb. 7: Rachel Silverman of The Wall Street Journal
Aruna Viswanatha has been promoted to Washington enterprise editor. She will report to Damian Paletta.…
Bowdeya Tweh has been promoted to Chicago bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, reporting…
Fierce Healthcare has promoted Heather Landi to executive editor. She has been a senior editor.…
Business news site Quartz has hired Audrey McNamara as breaking news editor. In her role,…
Mark Stenberg of Adweek looks at how publishers such as Bloomberg and Axios are generating…
Reuters has won the National Headiner Award for business news coverage for its stories about…
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