Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
California may limit liability of self-driving carmakers, by Michael Liedtke
Electric trucks emerging but still may have a long haul, by Dee-Ann Durbin
Bloomberg
Mattel drops on report in rebuffed approach from Hasbro, by Nick Turner
We’re cutting our calculation on Wilbur Ross’s net worth to $860 million, by Brendan Coffey
Fortune
Venture capitalist challenges his peers not to be “f***king scumbugs,” by Polina Marinova
Some of the world’s top billionaires are polling their fortunes for a new philanthropic effort, by Natasha Bach
Reuters
U.S. government approaches 18 states to fight AT&T-Time Warner deal, by Diane Bartz and David Shepardson
Wall Street falls with energy shares; tax angst weighs, by Rodrigo Campos
News about business journalism
How the WSJ fought a court order in India to publish a story
Denver Biz Journal editor Westergaard to retire
Two longtime senior editors leave Barron’s
Personal finance site Penny Hoarder to triple workforce by 2020
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” unveils a new set
WSJ is experimenting with its comments
Crain’s New York editor Smerd is out
Why Bloomberg is starting a channel on Twitter
This date in business journalism
2012: Wired names Dadich as new editor
2007: VC fund buys stake in TheStreet.com
