Some of Wednesday’s top stories:
The New York Times
Enforcer at Treasury is the first line of attack against ISIS, by Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Nelson Bunker Hunts, Texas tycoon, dies at 88, by Robert D. McFadden
The Wall Street Journal
Companies try to escape health law’s penalties, by Anna Wilde Matthews and Julie Jargon
Total names Patrick Pouyanné CEO, by Inti Landauro
Ocwen accused anew of improper practices, by James Sterngold
Bloomberg
Daimler sells Tesla stake as luxury competition emerges, by Dorothee Tschampa and Tim Higgins
Yahoo delivers message to activist starboard: back off, by Brian Womack
Reuters
Lufthansa close to deal with IBM for IT infrastructure unit, by Victoria Bryan, Harro ten Wolde and Eric Auchard
Business Insider
Report: At least 11 banks are about to fail Europe’s biggest ever stress tests, by Mike Bird
Today in business journalism
Bloomberg hires Business Insider’s Weisenthal
Three-time Loeb winner celebrates 40 years of reporting
KC Biz Journal publisher to retire
A new way of covering corporate earnings
This date in business journalism history
2008: Biz magazines providing perspective during economic turmoil
2011: ESPN hires sports biz reporter
Business journalism birthdays
Oct. 22: Nanette Byrnes of the MIT Technology Review
Oct. 22: Warren Strobel of Reuters
Oct. 22: Pam Zekman of CBS 2 News
