Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 1, 2015

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Target expands online price-matching policy to include Amazon, Wal-Mart, by Paul Ziobro

Third-quarter earnings: There’s no place like home, by Justin Lahart 

The Associated Press

Root of investor anxiety: Uncertainty about China and Fed, by Paul Wiseman and Ken Sweet

VW: ‘Nothing has changed’ at Tennessee plant despite scandal, by Erik Schelzig 

Bloomberg

America’s manufacturers got crushed in September, by Luke Kawa 

2015 is turning out to be a terrible year for investors, by Wes Goodman

Reuters

Fed’s Yellen does not comment on policy in brief remarks to bank group, by Howard Schneider 

AB InBev faces delicate balance in structuring SABMiller bid, by Philip Blenkinsop and Martinne Geller

Quartz

Ralph Lauren’s decision to step down as CEO just made him $6 million richer on paper, by Melvin Backman

Jack Dorsey is about to be named the permanent CEO of Twitter, by Alice Truong

News about business journalism:

A monkey or a business reporter?

WSJ names Hagge its lead night editor

Why a Business Insider co-founder reluctantly sold

WSJ’s Baker recognizes Mitchell-Ford

This date in business journalism history:

2010: Business journalism and the economic crisis: Some good and some bad

2014: Establishing connections between business, politics, finance and economics

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 1: Stephanie Strom with The New York Times

Oct. 1: Cory Schouten with SABEW