Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today — Oct. 21, 2014

Some of Tuesday’s top stories:

The New York Times

As Apple Pay arrives, witnessing the next step in money, maybe., by Mike Isaac

Christophe de Margerie, C.E.O. of Total, French oil giant, dies in accident, by Andrew E. Karmer

The Wall Street Journal

SEC is steering more trials to judges it appoints, by Jean Eaglesham

IPhone 6 recharges Apple’s growth, by Daisuke Wakabayashi

Dish Network dumps CNN, other Turner channels, by Joe Flint

Bloomberg

AbbVie ends purchase of Shire on U.S. tax rule changes, by Cynthia Koons and Caroline Chen

IBM CEO under pressure to revive tech giant after plunge, by Alex Barinka

Reuters

Staples says probing possible payment card data breach, by Jim Finkle and Supriya Kurane

Exclusive: ECB looking at corporate bond buys, by Andreas Framke, Eva Taylor and Paul Carrel

Ackman, Valeant lawyers say Allergan CEO oversaw campaign to discredit Valeant, by Svea Herbst-Bayliss

The Associated Press

China economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years, by Ian Mader

Court rejects Lufthansa bid to block strike, by The Associated Press

Today in business journalism

KC Biz Journal publisher to retire

A new way of covering corporate earnings

Adam Johnson has left Bloomberg Television

Pearlstein’s takedown of TheStreet’s Feuerstein falls way short

AdAge names Dumenco its editorial director

This date in business journalism history

2007: Murdoch plans financial media assault

2012: Jack Welch and the business media

Business journalism birthdays

Oct. 21: Tom Lowry of CNBC Digital

Oct. 21: Reshma Kapadia of Barron’s

Meg Garner

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