Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Caterpillar offices raided in probe related to Swiss unit, by Don Babwin
Drivers rebel against Uber’s price-cutting quest for growth, by Tom Krisher and Sarah Skidmore Sell
Bloomberg
Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers, lifting music industry, by Lucas Shaw
Oil falls to three-week low as record U.S. supply outweighs OPEC, by Mark Shenk
Fortune
Slack just fixed a major security bug, by Jonathan Vanian
Costco is raising its membership fees, by Phil Wahba
Reuters
Banks paid $321 billion in fines since financial crisis, by Vishaka George
Boeing gets 1,880 union workers to take voluntary layoffs, by Alwyn Scott
News about business journalism
Retail reporter Cheng joins eMarketer
Stern, financial regulation editor at Reuters, is retiring
Wired wants to be a place for big tech ideas
How Kangas helped “Nightly Business Report” viewers
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