Some of Wednesday’s top stories:
The New York Times
Borrowing by consumers rose $13.5 billion in August, by The Associated Press
Experimental Ebola drug puts its maker, Chimerix, back in the spotlight, by Andrew Pollack
The Wall Street Journal
Costco profit jumps on stronger sales, fee revenue, by Michael Calia
Wal-Mart to end health insurance for some part-time employees, by Shelly Banjo, Anna Wilde Matthews and Theo Francis
Valeant, Pershing Square to boost Allergan bid, by Liz Hoffman and David Benoit
Reuters
Exclusive: Actavis plans new merger approach for Allergan – sources, by Nadia Damouni and Soyoung Kim
Air France puts cost of pilots strike at 500 million euros, by Matthias Blamont and Andrew Callus
Bloomberg
Earnings season marred as S&P 500 falls most since 2009, by Lu Wang
Business Insider
China just overtook the US as the world’s largest economy, by Mike Bird
Today in business journalism
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Fusion hires Madrigal to cover tech
This date in business journalism history
2007: The beauty of the internal leak
2011: Bloomberg asks FCC to end Comcast stalling tactics
Business journalism birthdays
Oct. 8: Riva Richmond of The Economist
Oct. 8: Paul O’Donnell of The Dallas Business Journal
