Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Jury sides with Google in battle over Android software, by Brandon Bailey
FDA approves first drug-oozing implant to control addiction, by Matthew Perrone
Bloomberg
Wall Street waits on Yellen before taking off for a long weekend, by Eliza Ronalds-Hannon
Shari Redstone urged Viacom board to fire Dauman, filing says, by Christopher Palmeri and Chris Dolmetsch
MarketWatch.com
Earnings fall at fastest rate since the Great Recession, by Ciara Linnane
Cheapest gas prices in over a decade this Memorial Day weekend, by Myra P. Saefong
Reuters
Short sellers circle Alibaba amid SEC probe, by Jennifer Ablan
Verizon turns to former Yahoo bankers for bid, by Greg Roumeliotis and Liana B. Baker
News about business journalism
International Biz Times hires British biz editor, additional columnists
Silicon Valley and its media coverage
Politico media industry coverage comes out from behind paywall
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Shareholder slams TheStreet board
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