Some of Monday’s top business news stories
The New York Times
Privacy concerns for ClassDojo and other tracking apps for schoolchildren, by Natasha Singer
Defying expectations, Japan’s economy falls into recession, by Jonathan Soble
Allergan nears a deal with Actavis to block a takeover by Valeant, by Michael J. de la Merced
The Wall Street Journal
Target finishes licking its wounds, by Chelsey Dulaney and Paul Ziobro
Halliburton, Baker Hughes sparred over pace of deal talks, by Dana Mattioli, Liz Hoffman and Daniel Gilbert
Fiat Chrysler CEO to be deposed in Jeep fuel-tank fire lawsuit, by Christina Rogers
Bloomberg News
Pfizer to buys Merck KGaA cancer drug rights, by Phil Serafino
Merkel has ‘German reasons’ for persuading U.K. to stay in EU, by Patrick Donahue and David Fickling
Reuters
Halliburton to buy Baker Hughes for $34.6 billion, by Swetha Gopinath
GM ignition-switch compensation claims deadline extended to Jan. 31, by Rama Venkat Raman
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Nov. 16: Alan Murray of Fortune Magazine
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