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Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 21, 2017

November 21, 2017

Posted by Chris Roush

TBNSome of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Yellen to step down from Federal Reserve board, by Martin Crutsinger

Amazon goes into the holidays with a magnified store presence, by Joseph Pisani and Anne D’Innocenzio

Bloomberg

GE directors buy up slumping shares ahead of board winnowing, by Rick Clough

Whitefish halts Puerto Rico work over $83 million bill, by Ari Natter

Fortune

People are very confused by Starbucks’ new holiday cups, by Sarah Gray

Why this Christmas is make-or-break for Macy’s, by Phil Wahba

Reuters

Wall Street ticks up, led by Verizon, chipmakers, by Rodrigo Campos

Marvell Technology to buy rival chipmaker Cavium for $6 billion, by Sonam Rai and Laharee Chatterjee

News about business journalism

Barron’s hires Swartz as a senior reporter

Man detained in 20014 murder of Forbes Russia editor

Crain’s Chicago shuts its comment threads

Triad Biz Journal hires new data reporter

Bartiromo blocks critics on Twitter after Trump comments

Cheddar launches TV channel in Europe

This date in business journalism

2012: The inside story on business reporting

2007: Some question strength of WSJ oversight board

Business journalism birthdays

Nov. 21: Max Abelson of Bloomberg News

Nov. 21: Jessica Seaman of the Triad Business Journal

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