Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Stocks shed early gains as energy and consumer companies fall, by Marley Jay
Uber riders in Pittsburgh get a taste of driverless future, by Dake Kang
Bloomberg
Wells Fargo does damage control before Washington grilling, by Elizabeth Dexheimer
Golfsmith bankruptcy brings fresh woes to Under Armour and Nike, by Matthew Townsend
MarketWatch.com
Ford to shift U.S. small-car production to Mexico, by Claudia Assis
Retail sales, like the economy, still in the slow lane, by Jeffrey Bartash
Reuters
U.S. import prices post first drop in six months, but trend improving, by Lucia Mutikani
iPhone optimism blasts Apple stock to 2016 high, by Noel Randewich
News about business journalism
Newsletter publisher to pay $1.5 million for defrauding subscribers
WSJ wins softball championship for second consecutive year
Bloomberg Media launches new TV/video series
Cavuto’s Fox Business show posts record ratings
The date in business journalism
2011: FT names new markets editor and reporter in New York
2006: August is good ad sales month for business magazines
Business journalism birthday
Sept. 15: Jamie McGee of The Tennessean
Sept. 15: Karen Mracek of Market News International
