Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 12, 2015

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Light beer gets in touch with serious side, by Tripp Mickle

Drone project lacks Pentagon orders needed to stay aloft, by Andy Pasztor

The New York Times

A student loan system stacked against the borrower, by Gretchen Morgenson

Apple is said to deactivate its news app in China, by Paul Mozur and Katie Benner

Bloomberg

China’s ‘Golden Week’ sales show consumer spending strength

Fed’s Fisher says economy may merit liftoff later this year, by Andrew Mayeda and Christopher Condon

Quartz

Elon Musk actually really wants Apple to build an electric car, by Alice Truong

No one wants to shop at Banana Republic anymore, by Marc Bain

Reuters

AB InBev may raise bid for SABMiller: source, by Martinne Geller 

Banks take spotlight as earnings seasons heats up, by Chuck Mikolajczak

News about business journalism:

The software that writes a thousand earnings stories

Barron’s Asia celebrates first birthday

Dow Jones publications were hacked

New Bloomberg Businessweek editor: We want to be a pleasure

Regan’s show on Fox Business posts best ratings ever

Did CNBC overstate audience for Jay Leno?

Bloomberg’s Gittelsohn to take on PIMCO beat

Bloomberg’s Childs off to the FT

Wieners named deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek

This date in business journalism history:

2009: Reuters becomes more aggressive about investigative biz reporting

2012: The most powerful biz journalist online

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 12: Liam Pleven with The Wall Street Journal

Lauren Thomas

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