Talking Biz News Today — October 18, 2019

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

China’s economic slowdown deepens, weighing on global growth, by Joe McDonald

Energy Secretary Perry says he is resigning by year’s end, by Jill Colvin, Matthew Dally

Forbes

Ono Food Co. Brings The Restaurant Industry One Step Closer To Full Automation, by Alicia Kelso

The World’s Longest Direct Flight Takes Off Tomorrow—Clocking In At Over 20 Hours, by James Asquith

CNN

India is trying to build the world’s biggest facial recognition system, by Julie Zaugg

Universal is using Alibaba technology to try and beat Disney in China, by Sherisse Pham

Axios

Juul to halt online sales of flavored pods, by Marisa Fernandez

Electric vehicles see both gains and growing pains, by Ben German

Reuters

Big U.S. liquefied natgas players move fast; smaller ones try to keep up, by Scott DiSavino, Sabina Zawadski

Goldman wants traders to be more like dealmakers and coders, by Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

News about business journalism

How Morning Brew focuses on total opens, not total subscribers

Bloomberg Law hires Lauinger for employment/labor team

Reuters hires Politico’s Hesson to cover immigration in DC

The Information is launching a tech news app called Ticker

WSJ reporter Mickle to write book on Apple

Marc Benioff on the link between journalism and humanity