Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
US stocks slide as modest rally fades ahead of trade talks, by Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga
Ride-hailing drivers expose financial unrest ahead of Uber IPO, by Cathy Bussewitz
Amazon hit by extensive fraud with hackers siphoning merchant funds, by Jonathan Browning
Berkshire takes tax hit as victim of “Ponzi-like” solar scheme, by Katherine Chiglinsky and Brian Eckhouse
How Intel is trying to win back investor confidence, by Aaron Pressman
Why would anyone pay $1,300 for Bird’s new scooter, by Don Reisinger
Trump says China “broke” trade talk deals, by Jeff Mason and David Lawder
Lyft shares hit record low, putting pressure on Uber ahead of IPO, by Noel Randewich
News about business journalism
Reuters’ Adler named chairman of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Inocencio hired by CBS News to be Asia correspondent
Bloomberg hires two new staffers on credit Americas team
Kaiser Health News hirers three in St. Louis
Reuters hires Johnson as economics reporter in Ottawa
This date in business journalism
2014: Phoenix Biz Journal editor not interested in click bait
2009: Harvard Business Review pushes web presence
Business journalism birthday
May 9: David Rubinger of Atlanta Business Chronicle
May 9: Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times
