Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Stock markets plunge again, enter first correction in two years, by Marley Jay
How the markets turmoil could affect Fed’s rate decisions, by Martin Crutsinger
Bloomberg
New era of currency volatility leaves bearish dollar bets intact, by Katherine Greifeld
Oil world turns upside down as U.S. sells oil in Middle East, by Sheela Tobben and Wael Mahdi
Fortune
Amazon just got a whole lot more aggressive with Whole Foods Market, by Lucinda Shen
Blockchain rival to Wikipedia raises $30 million, by Jeff John Roberts
Reuters
U.S. jobless claims drop to near 45-year low, by Lucia Mutikani
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s revised offer, proposes meeting, by Greg Roumeliotis and Diane Bartz
News about business journalism
CoStar hires Moss to cover New Jersey real estate
Forbes launches Benelux and Monaco editions
WSJ’s Berman is joining Lazard
Washington Post hires Recode’s Romm to cover tech
Forelle named WSJ’s financial editor
WSJ financial editor Berman leaving paper
How one business journal is diversifying sources in its sources
This date in business journalism
2013: A story subject takes interest in a reporter’s self-marketing
2008: Assessing the TV business news wars
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 9: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera with CNBC
