Categories: Media Moves

Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 27, 2015

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. companies warn of slowing economy, by Theo Francis and Kate Linebaugh 

Duke Energy to buy Piedmont Natural Gas for $4.9 billion, by Rebecca Smith 

Bloomberg

Valeant CEO staunchly defends drugmaker’s accounting, ethics, by Doni Bloomfield and Melissa Mittelman

How red meat joined the 478 other things that might give you cancer, by John Tozzi and Jeremy Scott Diamond

The Associated Press

No Fed rate hike likely yet as it monitors global pressures, by Martin Crutsinger

Debt limit: Some key questions about borrowing, default, by Andrew Taylor

Reuters

U.S. new home sales near one-year low; drop seen as temporary, by Lucia Mutikani 

Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup, by Nathan Layne

Quartz

Canada is the only country where Netflix will stream the new ‘Star Wars’ movie, by Adam Epstein

AmEx just made its first bitcoin investment, by Ian Kar

News about business journalism:

How Bloomberg Media plans to monetize overseas content

Bloomberg launches Asia website

Fox Business nearly doubles viewers in past year

Reuters hires polling editor

International Biz Times launches new daily email

Barlyn to cover financial enforcement for Reuters

Indianapolis Star hires Briggs as business reporter

This date in business journalism history:

2014: Magazine covers as an investment signal

2012: From opera to business journalism

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 27: Michael Calderone with Huffington Post

Oct. 27: Ely Portillo with The Charlotte Observer

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