Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Can self-driving cars withstand first fatality? by Tom Krisher
Breaking up with Facebook? It’s harder than it looks, by Barbara Ortutay
Bloomberg
Walmart remains in buying mode to fight Amazon, executive says, by Spencer Soper
Larry Ellison’s fortune takes a $4.5 billion hit, by Tom Metcalf
Fortune
Expedia’s Orbitz says data breach affected 880,000 payment cards, by Robert Hackett
Wall Street is more worried about a trade war than terrorism, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
Amazon is now second-most valuable U.S. company, topping Alphabet, by Noel Randewich and April Joyner
Wall Street advances on energy bump, Facebook woes continue, by Chuck Mikolajczak
News about business journalism
The Atlantic biz editor Rosen launches new section
Lublin is retiring from WSJ after 47 years
Local biz editor Beyers leaving Washington Post
Reuters names three biz reporters for Africa
LA Times biz editor Yoshino to receive award
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