Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
U.S. stock indexes mixed as interest rates take a pause, by Stan Choe
China promises not to weaken yuan, criticizes U.S. concern, by Joe McDonald
Bloomberg
Short seller who foresaw Valeant crash now bets on Tesla falling, by Tatiana Darie
Google reveals new Pixel phone, speaker to chase Apple, Amazon, by Mark Gurman and Gerrit de Vynck
Fortune
Starbucks’ stock rises as much as 5% after Bill Ackman announces $900 million stake, by Kevin Kelleher
Google wants its Home Hub to control the house, challenging the Amazon Echo show, by Jonathan Vanian
Reuters
Google challenges record $5 billion EU antitrust fine, by Foo Yun Chee
Self-driving cars may hit U.S. roads in pilot program: NHTSA, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Orlando Biz Journal publisher to take that role at St. Louis paper
LinkedIn hires Wired’s Hempel as senior editor at large
Forbes experiments with stories published to the blockchain
How Theranos threatened some of the WSJ’s sources
South Florida Biz Journal hires Portero as money reporter
This date in business journalism
2013: Reuters to cut 7 union slots, move Americas editing desk
2008: Fox Business hopes economic crisis will help it gain on CNBC
Business journalism birthday
Oct. 10: Alison Frankel of Reuters
Oct. 10: Lisa Bernard-Kuhn of Marijuana Business Daily
