Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Fed signals interest rate increase ‘at its next meeting’ after standing pat, by Jon Hilsenrath
Walgreens says Rite Aid deal is about retail footprint, by Paul Ziobro and Chelsey Dulaney
Quartz
Volkswagen’s new CEO can feel your pain, by Jason Karaian
Ferrari’s first batch of earnings as a public company were good, but not good enough, by Ashley Rodriguez
Bloomberg
Top 100 CEO retirement savings equals 41% of U.S. families, by Jesse Drucker, Carol Hymowitz and Caleb Melby
Ford to offer deeper year-end discounts in market-share push, by Keith Naughton
The Associated Press
Walgreens, Rite Aid combo to spread drugstore health kick, by Tom Murphy
Will they or won’t they? Analysts mull odds of Fed rate hike
Reuters
Icahn take stake in AIG, calls for breakup, by Michael Flaherty and Richa Naidu
Twitter’s results show its turnaround Moment still far off, by Anya George Tharakan
News about business journalism:
Bloomberg puts New Yorker cartoon in meeting rooms
AP names team leader for breaking news
AP assistant biz editor Patterson leaving for USA Today
Examining the business of CNBC
How Ed Silverman’s Pharmalot blog has built reader loyalty
Does media coverage help a startup get funding?
This date in business journalism history:
2007: TheStreet.com survives when bigger players enter the market
2014: NYTimes killing auto section, come content moving to biz section
Business journalism birthdays:
Oct. 29: Ali Velshi of Al Jazeera
Oct. 29: Ellen Byron with The Wall Street Journal
