Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Google unveils latest tech tricks as computers get smarter, by Michael Liedtke
Business, leisure travelers ponder traveling without laptop, by David Koenig and Joyce M. Rosenberg
Bloomberg
Bank stocks don’t deserve a battering, by Gillian Tan
Buyers with excellent credit are getting the lion’s share of U.S. mortgages, by Craig Torres and Alexandre Tanzi
Fortune
Five Guys beats out In-N-Out Burger as most popular burger chain, by Lucinda Shen
Amazon’s next big disruption may be the pharmacy business, by Sy Mukherjee
Reuters
U.S. preparing to sue Fiat Chrysler over excess diesel emissions, by David Shepardson
Ford to cut 1,400 white-collar jobs; shares tumble, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
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Ruhle, Velshi to anchor business news show on MSNBC
Layoffs hit IDG publications MacWorld, CIO
Cheddar has raised $19 million in funding
Reuters names Latin America editor, Mexico/Central America bureau chief
TheStreet.com editor Murphy has resigned
This date in business journalism
2012: Judge dismisses suit against Bloomberg
2007: Sloan leaves Newsweek for Fortune
Business journalism birthday
May 18: David Allison of the Atlanta Business Chronicle