Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
NSA finds major security flaw in Windows 10, free fix issued, by Matt O’Brien
Banks post big profits, but lower interest rates are a worry, by Ken Sweet
CNN
Boeing reports more cancellations than new orders for 2019, by Chris Isidore
Americans’ wine consumption dropped for the first time in 25 years, by Jordan Valinsky
The Wall Street Journal
Google Chrome to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies in Effort to Boost Privacy, by Bowdeya Tweh, Sahil Patel
MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay Real Estate to Be Sold to JV Including Blackstone, by Katherine Sayre, Miriam Gottfried, Cara Lombardo
CNBC
Comcast launches accelerator for sports start-ups that could give it a leg up on new technology, by Jabari Young
SmileDirectClub stock rises 15% on news it will sell its aligners to orthodontists and dentists, by Sunny Kim
Reuters
Spain’s Banco Sabadell hires IBM for 1 billion euro IT upgrade, by Inti Landauro
Citigroup beats estimates on credit card, trading revenue growth, by C Nivedita, Imani Moise
News about business journalism
Trump administration wants to limit media access to economic data
Loeb Awards are now accepting entries
Abadi named editor on “Business Insider Today” show
British government secretly backed Reuters in ’60s and ’70s
American Banker hires Kline as reporter
FT hires Peter Foster as public policy editor
Braun named policy reporter at Politico
Bloomberg reporter Bergen to write book on YouTube
Lim to cover FDA/medical devices for Politico
NY Times Asia biz editor to be its deputy Asia editor
The Economist hires Cohn as president
Radio station severs ties with Crain’s Chicago
Business Insider names Whateley as editorial fellow
Ryan to cover Airbus at Bloomberg News
