Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Border wall, impeachment battle imperil budget progress, by Andrew Taylor
The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too, by Mae Anderson, Rachel Lerman
Fortune
Why China’s Digital Currency Is a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for the U.S., by Naomi Xu Elegant
House Democrats’ Vote Today Marks New Stage in Impeachment Inquiry, by Luke Johnson
CNN
Vaping mistake: Altria to take $4.5 billion writedown on Juul, by Paul R. La Monica
The Toys ‘R’ Us relaunch is giving families something they can’t buy on Amazon, by Chauncey Alcorn
The Wall Street Journal
Qantas Grounds Three Cracked Boeing 737 Jets, by Alison Sider
Reuters
Procter & Gamble, rivals take refills into beauty aisle, by Siddharth Cavale, Richa Naidu
Facebook sued for age, gender bias in financial services ads, by Jonathan Stempel
News about business journalism
The Economist tries to convert YouTube subscribers into paying members
Milwaukee Biz Journal hires Yoo as staff photographer
Fast Company hires Landy to be executive editor of digital
Kim returns to Business Insider as senior correspondent
Cohrs to join Modern Healthcare as DC politics and policy reporter
Giangreco departs Capitol Forum
The Pacific Business News, an American City Business Journals publication, has hired Janis Magin Meierdiercks as…
Sadia Nowshin, a reporter at European startup news site Sifted, is leaving to join literary…
Variety has promoted Ethan Shanfeld to TV reporter. William Earl of Variety writes, "Shanfeld joins the entertainment…
Kasia Klimasinska is the new team leader for DC breaking news at Bloomberg News. She…
Paul Smalera has organized a gathering of James Ledbetter's friends and colleagues—open to all…
Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Rachel Scheier to cover the San Francisco commercial market.…