Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Tech and consumer companies lead U.S. stocks higher, by Marley Jay
Colleges lavishing more financial aid on wealthy students, by Michael Melia
Fortune
Tyson is recalling chicken nuggets that may contain plastic, by Michael Addady
Rio Olympics give Nike a sales boost, by John Kell
MarketWatch.com
Chesapeake Energy stock plunges as Icahn loses interest, by Tom Kilgore
One market technician calls this trade “the most interesting trade in the world,” by Shawn Langlois
Reuters
Caesers strikes deal to end main unit’s costly bankruptcy, by Tracy Rucinski
U.S. prison investors may be rewarded if they keep their nerve, by Sinead Carew
News about business journalism
Fox Business Network delivers best quarter ever
Triad Business Journal editor to step down later this year
Albany Biz Review reporter French joins Politico
How The Economist is producing videos of its stories
The date in business journalism
2011: McLean, Fabrikant named Reuters columnists
2006: A dozen staffers, including former ME, leaving BusinessWeek
Business journalism birthday
Sept. 28: Andrew Westney of Law360.com
Sept. 28: Lauren Tara LaCapra of Reuters
Sept. 28: James Nelson of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
