Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Vice suspends two top execs after sexual misconduct report, by Tali Arbel
U.S. stocks ring in 2018 with gains as technology leads again, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Southwest moves up 40 max 737-8 planes, by Mary Schlangenstein
Weight Watchers shares jump after DJ Khaled endorses program, by Craig Giammona
Fortune
Atlanta and Austin lead odds for second Amazon headquarters, by Jeff John Roberts
Why Hooters is getting a boost thanks to bitcoin and blockchain, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
U.S. shoots down MoneyGram sale to China’s Ant Financial, by Greg Roumeliotis
BP sets 1.5 billion charge for tax changes but sees long-term boost, by Ron Bousso
News about business journalism
WSJ names Reilly its deputy finance chief
Ravindranath hired by Politico to cover ehealth
Langford named biz editor of Washington Examiner
Washington Post is starting a tech newsletter
California biz journal becomes email newsletter
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