Talking Biz News Today – Sept. 23, 2015

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

General Mills profit jumps 24%, by Annie Gasparro and Chelsey Dulaney

Germany’s Axel Springer in talks to acquire Business Insider, by Lucas I. Alpert and Ellen Emmerentze Jervell

The New York Times

Health insurance deductibles outpacing wage increases, study finds, by Reed Abelson

iPhone 6s’s hands-free Siri is an omen of the future, by Farhad Manjoo

Quartz

SodaStream is offering 1,000 jobs to Syrian refugees–but Israel won’t let it happen, by Frida Garza

Volkswagen’s scandal hits other European car stocks, by Melvin Backman 

Bloomberg

PricewaterhouseCoopers will give employees $7,200 for student debt, by Rebecca Greenfield

Goldman Chief Blankfein discloses curable lymphoma disease, by Michael J Moore

Reuters

Volkswagen says 11 million cars hit by scandal, probes multiply, by Andreas Cremer

B of A shareholders allow CEO Moynihan to remain chairman, by Ross Kerber and Dan Freed

News about business journalism:

Phoenix Biz Journal hires new retail and restaurant reporter

Global head of digital video leaves Bloomberg media

Why Axel Springer is interested in Business Insider

WSJ hires McNish from Globe and Mail

Business Book of the Year shortlist named

WSJ’s “Washington Wire” turns 75

Murray Energy sues Bloomberg over information leak

McGraw Fellowship taking winter applications

Business Insider close to being sold for $560 million

Stone named head of Bloomberg’s global technology coverage

This date in business journalism history:

2007: CNBC’s “Money Honeys”

2008: Switching from business to news

Business journalism birthdays:

Sept. 23: Erik Holm with WSJ