Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Jan. 18, 2015

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. retail sales, factory output data lead to lower growth expectations, by Kate Davidson 

Airlines’ rising labor costs in focus ahead of earnings, by Susan Carey

Bloomberg

Hedge fund bets signal there’s more pain ahead for commodities, by Lydia Mulvany

‘Ride Along’ sequel topples ‘Star Wars’ from atop box office, by Anousha Sakoui and Dan Murtaugh

The Associated Press

Why global woes and sinking stocks doesn’t mean U.S. recession, by Paul Wiseman and Bernard Condon 

Netflix chief says 2016 will bring emphasis on family shows, by David Bauder 

Reuters

Obama unveils wage insurance plan to spur job seekers, by Ayesha Rascoe 

Iran’s return poses new questions for oil price, by Jonathan Leff, Henning Gloystein and Dmitry Zhdannikov

TheStreet

It’s the Vine election, so we hired a Vine artist to cover it for us, by Jeremy Greenfield 

The Republican debates are the best thing that ever happened to Fox Business Network, by Leon Lazaroff 

News about business journalism:

Bloomberg’s Liu wants to hear about people’s careers

WSJ, Barron’s to remain in midtown Manhattan

TheStreet.com hires Dracula to vine the election

Kauffman Foundation gives $100k to Missouri Business Alert

Velshi: Going to Al Jazeera was a risk worth taking

Bloomberg adds two podcasts on politics

Crain’s Cleveland publisher pleads guilty to indecency

This date in business journalism history:

2007: Where business editors, and newspapers, are failing

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