Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 11, 2015

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. tries to block United’s acquiring more slots at Newark, by Brent Kendall and Susan Carey 

AB InBev, SABMiller formalize $106 billion deal, by Saabira Chaudhuri 

Quartz

Alibaba just sold over $1 billion of merchandise in 8 minutes in China’s largest online shopping day, by Josh Horwitz

Four hackers have been charged in the biggest ever cyberattack on a U.S. financial institution, by Ian Kar

Bloomberg

Fidelity writes down value of Snapchat holding by 25 percent, by Sarah Frier and Miles Weiss

Chipotle is reopening restaurants closed by E. coli outbreak, by Craig Giammona

The Associated Press

Banks, at odds with personal finance sites, disrupt service, by Ken Sweet

Toys have best year in a decade, by Anne D’Innocenzio

Reuters

U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others, by Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond

McDonald’s CEO says no plan to spin off properties into REIT, by Lisa Baertlein

News about business journalism:

How Business Insider was sold for $442 million

Fox Business hopes the debate will help its business

Pesek hired as executive editor of Barron’s Asia

CNBC cutting back its international operations

FT names new Africa and Asia editors

Car coverage now accounts for 30 percent of The Verge traffic

How Forbes is expanding in Europe

This date in business journalism history:

2011: Making the adjustment to biz journalism

2008: Remembering WSJ’s Barney Kilgore

Business journalism birthdays:

Nov. 11: Tom Contiliano with Bloomberg

Nov. 11: Rob Hunter of The Wall Street Journal

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