Some of Thursday’s top stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Staples plans to close 225 stores, by Drew Fitzgerald
New York Times
Former top leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf are indicted, by Matthew Goldstein
Disney’s game and internet division cuts one-quarter of its work force, by Brooks Barnes
Fortune
The real reason behind the SAT revamp, by Claire Zillman
Newsweek
The face behind Bitcoin,by Leah McGrath Goodman
Wired
Facebook drones to battle Google balloons in the war of airborne internet, by Marcus Wohlsen
And in local news:
Triangle Business Journal
Old Chicago Pizza to introduce new prototype in Chapel Hill, by Amanda Jones Hoyle
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