Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Administration official: Powell top candidate for Fed chair, by Martin Crutsinger
Housing group opens new crack in support of GOP tax plan, by Marcy Gordon
Bloomberg
Facebook’s testimony says Russia posts reaches 126 million, by Sarah Frier
Three women who sued Microsoft for bias want to add 8,630 peers, by Robert Burnson
Fortune
This new AI can detect a deadly cancer early with 86% accuracy, by Sy Mukherjee
Apple’s stock hits an all-time high, by Jonathan Vanian
Reuters
Wall Street slips as Merck drops, tax talk rattles, by Lewis Krauskopf
Ackman says ADP provided “misleading” claims to ISS, by Svea Herbst-Bayliss
News about business journalism
Lorenz joining Daily Beast to cover tech
Crain’s New York publisher leaving for United Airlines
Philly Inquirer biz desk will lose four staffers under buyouts
Consumer Reports to fold Consumerist under its own site
Tech news sites quietly use this word too much
MarketWatch’s mission: The democratization of financial information
Business journalists sue Consumers Digest over nonpayments
This date in business journalism
2012: How Lance Armstrong coverage compares to economic crisis coverage
2007: AP launches Money & Markets for weekend biz sections
Business journalism birthdays
Oct. 31: Scott Olson of Indianapolis Business Journal
