Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: If you can’t kill them, merge them? by Joe Light
The unemployment rate for veterans is the lowest in seven years, by Jeffrey Sparshott
International Business Times
Meet the company helping FBI decrypt iPhone, by Jeff Stone
Merger creates nation’s largest utility, by Maria Gallucci
TheStreet.com
American Airlines will offer employees profit sharing, by Ted Reed
Yogurt makers hurt by plunging dairy prices, by Brian Sozzi
Associated Press
New York Fed questioned after hack on Bangladesh account, by Marcy Gordon
Stocks slips, led by energy and materials companies, by Alex Veiga
News about business journalism:
Fortune’s Elmer-Dewitt on striking out on his own
When the BusinessWeek editor recused himself from Intel coverage
Bloomberg’s Winkler: Use data to dispel wrong story lines
DeCloet returns to run Globe and Mail’s business coverage
Dow Jones CEO: We will address pay inequality
Wyoming Business Report is sold
Clark and O’Leary of “Marketplace” win Gracie Awards
This date in business journalism history:
2008: Bloomberg TV anchor leaves for Fox Business
2009: Group launches watchdog site for business journalism
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