Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Oil firms face reality of sustained low prices, by Sarah Kent, Eric Sylvers and Inti Landauro
Pfizer, Allergan confirm talks, by Chelsey Dulaney
Quartz
IBM is going to change how we forecast the weather with Watson, by Mike Murphy
76% of online shopping in the U.S. this holiday season will be spent on 1% of products, by Alice Truong
Bloomberg
CVS terminates Philidor, Valeant partner pharmacy, from network, by Robert Langreth
Wal-Mart bets on in-store pickup in holiday duel with Amazon, by Shannon Pettypiece and Christie Boyden
The Associated Press
China’s easing of birth limit a boon to couples, companies, by Joe McDonald and Paul Wiseman
After a buffo summer, an autumn of tumult at the box office, by Jake Coyle
Reuters
LinkedIn quarterly revenue jumps about 37 percent, by Devika Krishna Kumar and AlanJohn Koshy
Inventories hurt U.S. third-quarter GDP, domestic demand strong, by Lucia Mutikani
News about business journalism:
Bloomberg News names two executive editors in Asia
Benson named editor of Louisville Business First
International Business Times names new enterprise editor, new business editor
Maheshwari named to SABEW board
CNBC unlikely to have attracted new viewers with debate performance
AP personal finance editor joins New York Fed
WSJ, GrowthSpotter win Eppy Awards
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