Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Will Black Friday deals give a boost to car sales? by John D. Stoll
Black Friday shopping–with thinner crowds, by Suzanne Kapner
Bloomberg
‘Mockingjay’ tops Dinosaur, Rocky and Frankenstein at box office, by Anousha Sakoui
Holiday weekend shoppers skip the store and buy online, by Lindsey Rupp
The Associated Press
Super Bowl of shopping is more like a scrimmage, by Anne D’Innocenzio
How Black Friday played out around the country
Reuters
Holiday shopping unlikely to cheer many investors, by Noel Randewich
U.S. store sales down slightly for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, by Nandita Bose
Quartz
Gingerbread is America’s #1 holiday cookie, according to Google, by Jenni Avins
For many people this Black Friday, a bargain was no longer enough, by Jenni Avins
News about business journalism:
CBC’s Lang talks about moving to Bloomberg TV
Tech journalists remember pioneer Wildstrom
Wildstrom, well-known tech journalist, dies
This date in business journalism history:
2014: How journalists can spot stories in data
2012: The importance of investigative reporting in business journalism
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