Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Could have been worse? Facebook posts mixed 3Q results, by Barbara Ortutay
Pfizer’s 3Q profit, up due to tax cuts, beats expectations, by Linda A. Johnson
Bloomberg
Janet Yellen says she’s concerned about Trump undermining trust in Fed, by Sarah Foster and Rich Miller
Waymo wins first permits to begin driverless tests in California, by Dana Hull
Fortune
Apple just introduced its new iPad Pro models — and no, they don’t have home buttons, by Aaron Pressman
Google workers are protesting a walkout this week. Here’s what they’re protesting, by Grace Dobush
Reuters
General Electric reveals deeper regulatory probe, restructuring, by Alwyn Scott and Rachit Vats
Barnes & Noble countersues ex-CEO it fired after alleged harassment, by Jonathan Stempel
News about business journalism
Bloomberg BNA union members protest layoffs
Investopedia CEO Siegel becomes Meetup CEO
Marcelis becomes WSJ deputy bureau chief of media and marketing
Fortune hires two new staffers
WSJ looks at product testing to grow subscribers
Houston Chronicle hires Douglas as a biz reporter
This date in business journalism
2013: Pearlstine leaving Bloomberg and returning to Time
2008: Newark biz editor leaving for AP
Business journalism birthday
Oct. 31: Scott Olson of Indianapolis Business Journal
