Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Volkswagen names Hinrich Woebcken North America head, by Sarah Sloat
Will margarine become toast at Unilever?, by Saabira Chaudhuri
Bloomberg
Confidence among homebuilders in U.S. was unchanged in January, by Sho Chandra
Twitter ex-CEO Costolo plans fitness startup, joins VC firm, by Jing Cao
The Associated Press
Delta posts $980 million 4Q profit on lower fuel prices, by David Koenig
Please hold: Insurance customers begin new year with delays, by Kelli Kennedy and Tom Murphy
Reuters
IMF cuts global growth forecast as China slows, by David Lawder
BofA earnings beat tempered by concern about weak oil prices, by Sweta Singh
Quartz
How the job market is about to get even tougher for women, by Cassie Werber
China’s economy hasn’t grown this slowly since 1990, by Richard Macauley
News about business journalism:
Bloomberg BNA starts business of law podcast
Reuters consumer columnist Lipka dies
How the FT has sped up its page loading
VentureBeat names Zerega its editor in chief
The battle between Forbes and its new owners
Bloomberg’s Micklethwait objects to judge’s ruling
This date in business journalism history:
2010: The struggle to perform quality business journalism about companies
