Some of Wednesday’s biggest stories:
Reuters
VMWare to buy mobile security firm AirWatch in $1.54 billion deal, by Neha Alawadhi and Soham Chatterjee
New York Times
Lex Fenwick, Dow Jones chief, resigns in shift by News Corp., by Ravi Somaiya
Bloomberg
Coach profit trails estimates as mall visits sink during holiday, by Cotten Timberlake
Buffett leans on 29-year-old Cool to oversee problems, by Noah Buhayar and Laura Colby
Fortune
Military veterans: Natural born CEOs? by Elizabeth G. Olson
CNBC
A ‘tsunami’ of store closings expected to hit retail, by Krystina Gustafson
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