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Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 10, 2015

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Pfizer piles profits abroad, by Richard Rubin

Chevron plans close to 1,000 layoffs of Saudi staff in Kuwait oil spat, by Summer Said and Benoit Faucon

Quartz

The owner of Tinder, Match.com and OKCupid will try to raise about $430 million through an IPO, by Ashley Rodriguez

TAG Heuer is the first luxury watchmaker to launch a smartwatch, by Mike Murphy

Bloomberg

Why getting rid of free office snacks doesn’t come cheap, by Rebecca Greenfield

VW struggles to keep dealers happy as scandal widens worldwide, by Jeff Plungis

The Associated Press

SeaWorld says it will end orca shows in San Diego by 2017, by Julie Watson and Mike Schneider

Trade slowdown points to world recession risk, watchdog says, by Greg Keller

Reuters

Dish misses revenue estimates as more subscribers ditch pay-TV, by Anya George Tharakan and Malathi Nayak

Target to start Black Friday deals five days early, by Nandita Bose

News about business journalism:

Bank to sponsor Talking Points column in Boston Globe biz section

Bloomberg TV launches “European Close”

How Harvard Business Review increased registered users by 20 percent

Anspaugh, Glancey named to new roles at WSJ

International Business Times hires personal finance editor

Guerrera hired for Politico Europe as chief financial correspondent

This date in business journalism history:

2013: Preserving Forbes legacy with an online focus

2011: Working with a business journalist

Business journalism birthdays:

Nov. 10: Kim Kleman of American Lawyer

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