Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Investor group cancels deal to buy Weinstein Co., by Alexandra Olson and Michael Sisak
Payday lenders, watchdog agency exhibit cozier relationship, by Ken Sweet
Bloomberg
Orvis follows Walmart and Dick’s in raising age for gun sales, by Polly Mosendz
Twitter is a hotbed for crypto scams, by Matthew Leising
Fortune
People are turning their backs on iPhone X, by Don Reisinger
Coinbase eyes Bitcoin ETF with new cryptocurrency index fund, by Jen Wieczner
Reuters
Virtual currencies are commodities, U.S. judge rules, by Brendan Pierson
Warren vows fight as U.S. Senate begins Dodd-Frank rewrite, by Pete Schroeder
News about business journalism
Herrman to join NY Times biz desk to cover media
Bloomberg to start training female executives for media appearances
New Bloomberg rule: At least one woman on panels
Mayerowitz named AP deputy biz editor for storytelling
TheStreet CEO: Newsroom mandate is to cover stocks that matter most
Merken moves to new beat at Bloomberg Law
Pettit named editorial ventures editor at WSJ
Bloomberg Law hires Weinberger as AME
This date in business journalism
2013: Fortune writing articles for advertisers
2008: AP business editor Noblet leaving
