Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Government shutdown poses increasing risk to wider economy, by Christopher Rugaber
Falling home sales not helping middle-class buyers, by Josh Boak
Bloomberg
Tesla reduces Model S and Model X production; shares drop, by Dana Hull and Josh Eidelson
Stocks close higher after whipsawing investors, by Reade Pickert
Fortune
HQ Trivia swaps cash prizes for points and now users are yelling, “Wrong!”, by Alyssa Newcomb
Citadel hedge fund founder sets spending record for buying New York pied-a-terre, by Brittany Shoot
Reuters
Renault board meets to choose successor to Ghosn, by Laurence Frost and Gilles Guillaume
Boeing’s flying car lifts off in race to revolutionize urban travel, by Eric M. Johnson
News about business journalism
Indianapolis Star drops two business columnists
Cheddar now on all OTT subscription services, preps primetime
Saks, former Reuters journalist, dies at 79
Insider the WSJ’s subscription strategy
Investor puts $700,000 into FitSmallBusiness.com
“Up is Good and Down is Bad” works for biz media, but not for traders
Vox Media hires executive producer of content for Swisher
The Insurer opens NY office with two editorial staffers
This date in business journalism
2014: Vegas Inc. content moving to free Sunday publication
2009: How covering financial panics through the years has changed
Business journalism birthday
Jan. 24: Rick Green of Bloomberg News
