Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
McDonald’s shares hit record as turnaround shows progress, by Julie Jargon
U.S. investigates Venezuelan oil giant, by José De Córdoba and Juan Forero
Quartz
Theranos still hasn’t provided the one thing that could reassure doubters for good, by Max Nisen
Subway agrees to measure its footlong subs to make sure they’re really 12 inches, by Svati Kirsten Narula
Bloomberg
Google profit, sales top estimates on robust web traffic, by Jack Clark
Americans’ outlook for U.S. economy declines to a 13-month low, by Ali Donaldson
The Associated Press
Amazon 3Q results up on strong sales, cloud computing growth, by Mae Anderson
U.S. home sales rebound in September after August slump, by Josh Boak
Reuters
Microsoft quarterly revenue beats as cloud demand rises, by Devika Krishna Kumar and Arathy S Nair
AT&T revenue beats Street on more prepaid subscriber additions, by Kshitiz Goliya and Sudarshan Varadhan
News about business journalism:
Morningstar drops service used by business journalists
Bloomberg TV expands “Bloomberg West” and “With All Due Respect” to one hour
Business Insider to put paywall around some content
CNBC’s digital operations posts record September
Quartz racks up 45 million video views in six months
This date in business journalism history:
2012: Life on the wealth beat like any other biz news beat
2013: WSJ’s Baker on going from “newspaper people” to “digital natives”
Business journalism birthdays:
Oct. 23: Renee Dudley with Reuters
Oct. 23: Anthony Schoettle with Indianapolis Business Journal
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