News in business journalism on Wednesday:
The New York Times
NBC News is said to woo former chief to return, by Emily Steel
M.L.S., facing possible strike, finds labor strife at its door, by Richard Sandomir
The Wall Street Journal
Actavis sells $21 billion of bonds, by Mike Cherney
Yellen says effective supervision of big banks one of Fed’s top priorities, by Victoria McGrane
Bloomberg
The price of oil is about to blow a hole in corporate accounting, by Asjylyn Loder
U.S. companies are stashing $2.1 trillion overseas to avoid taxes, by Richard Rubin
Retuers
U.S. mortgage applications rise in latest week: MBA, by Caroline Valetkevitch
Target to cut thousands of jobs as seeks to cut costs by $2 billion, by Nathan Layne
News about business journalism
Heidi Moore has left The Guardian
Hearst looking for business media acquisitions
Business Insider hires three reporters
Business Insider hires Baram as deputy editor
WSJ hires banking reporter from Reuters
This date in business journalism history
2006: Cavuto’s show ignoring the Enron trial
2012: Bloomberg enters billionaire rankings business
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