Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 6, 2015

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Agricultural giants look to join forces, by Jacob Bunge, Shayndi Raice and Eyk Henning

Activist investor Bill Ackman plays defense, by Monica Langley

Quartz

Time Warner’s plan for winning back cord cutters? Fewer commercials, by Ashley Rodriguez

Facebook just became a $300 billion company. Here’s what that means, by Matt Phillips 

Bloomberg

Fed’s Lockhart says rate liftoff ‘will soon be appropriate,’ by Steve Matthews and Catherine Bosley

Boeing dumped from NASA’s $3.5 billion cargo-flight contest, by Julie Johnsson and Rick Clough

The Associated Press

U.S. housing recovery divided on age, race and place, by Josh Boak

Expedia buys vacation rental company in expansion move

Reuters

U.S. jobless claims rise; third-quarter productivity posts surprise gain, by Lucia Mutikani 

Valeant CEO feels heat as shares tumble to 2-1/2 year lows, by Caroline Humer 

News about business journalism:

Forbes could be for sale again

Newman, ex-Bloomberg employee, dies

TheStreet CEO: We’re undervalued compared to competitors

Teller, former Philly Inquirer deputy biz editor, dies at 99

FT reporter: Biz reporting is “people making mistakes and errors and strokes of genius”

TheStreet reports third-quarter profit

Why Bloomberg launched an Asian website

This date in business journalism history:

2010: Seven classic bad calls in business journalism

2007: The best subprime mortgage coverage

Business journalism birthdays:

Nov. 6: Arik Hesseldahl with Re/code

Nov. 6: Rick Rothacker with The Charlotte Observer

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