Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
CNNMoney.com
Costco’s entry-level workers are getting a raise, by Ahiza Garcia
Move over, Chipotle! Meet the new fast casual king, by Paul LaMonica
Bloomberg
Samsonite agrees to buy competitor Tumi for about $1.8 billion, by Rachel Chang
Gold snaps back to bull market as prices surge, by Luzi-Ann Javier and Joe Deaux
Fortune
Big tech companies rally behind Apple, by Robert Hackett
Macy’s changes its rules to favor long-term shareholders, by Phil Wahba
Reuters
Ohio’s miners seek a life after coal as industry loses steam, by Maria Gallucci
Dow Jones Industrial Average steady before Friday’s U.S. jobs report, by Angelo Young
News about business journalism:
Ex-editor of Memphis Biz Journal becomes ME of Memphis Daily News
Bloomberg strikes deal for website/TV show in India
Bloomberg’s coverage of Trump draws attention
Dallas Morning News names new aviation reporter
UNC Business Journalism Boot Camp now accepting applications
Quartz editor: 53 percent of people get biz news from phone
CNET launches new tech application
This date in business journalism history:
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2012: Bloomberg enters billionaire rankings business
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David Szymanski, a business journalist in the Tampa Bay area dating back to the 1980s,…
Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette interviewed Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker on how it can…