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
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