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Talking Biz News Today — May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

Posted by Meg Garner

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories

The New York Times

Facebook begins testing instant articles from news publishers, by Vindu Goel and Ravi Somaiya

Senate Democrats foil Obama on Asia trade deal, by Jonathan Weisman

The Wall Street Journal

Betting on the future, Verizon dials up AOL, by Thomas Gryta and Jack Marshall

Grocery chains discuss a merger, by Peter Evans and Annie Gasparro

The Associated Press

Dupont wins proxy fight against Peltz’s Trian fund, by The Associated Press

US retail sales flat-line in April, by Josh Boak

Reuters

Macy’s profit misses estimates on strong dollar, port strike, by Ramkumar Iyer and Sruthi Ramakrishnan

Euro zone economy picks up pace but Germany lags, by Jan Strupczewski

News about business journalism

How Bloomberg incorporates visuals and interactives

TheStreet putting Real Money behind metered paywall

Verizon likely to keep tech news sites

WSJ exec downplays branded content as revenue source

Bloomberg’s Bykowicz hired by AP

This date in business journalism history

2007: Bancrofts split on meeting with Murdoch

2013: Bloomberg user notes leaked online

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