Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
First settlement in lawsuits against oil firms over coast
US economy grew at modest 2% rate in second quarter, by Martin Crutsinger
Fortune
McKinsey to Open First Ever Store At Mall of America, by Phil Wahba
Whistleblower Complaint Opens Window Into Secret Government Computer Systems, by Deb Riechmann
The Wall Street Journal
Instagram’s Content Factories Are Huge—And That’s a Problem for Facebook, by Georgia Wells, Jeff Horwitz
Large Marathon Petroleum Shareholders Seek CEO Ouster, by Rebecca Elliott
CNN
Beyond Meat stock soars on McDonald’s deal, by Paul R. La Monica
Big Tobacco survived a crackdown. So can e-cigarettes, by Paul R. La Monica
Reuters
Delta buys $1.9 billion LATAM stake, snatching partner away from American Airlines, by Tracy Rucinski
Internet sector contributes $2.1 trillion to U.S. economy: industry group, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Consumer Reports, HBR finalists for Magazine of the Year
Tennessee biz reporter headed to Colorado to cover education
Nussbaum departs Bloomberg for Bergen Record
WSJ hires Yoon to cover Asian debt markets
WSJ hires Reinhold as senior publishing editor
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…