Talking Biz News Today — Sept. 29, 2014

Some of Monday’s top stories

The New York Times

Roche breast cancer drug Perjeta appears to greatly extend patients’ lives, by Andrew Pollack

Literary lions unite in protest over Amazon’s e-book tactics, by David Streitfeld

The Wall Street Journal

Microsoft to open Fifth Avenue store, by Keiko Morris

Tesla’s China challenge: getting chargers installed, by Colum Murphy

Alibaba Buys Stake in Chinese Hotel-Tech Company, by Juro Osawa

Reuters

Lenovo says $2.1 billion IBM x86 server deal to close on Wednesday, by Gerry Shih

Swiss bank UBS says it has started FX settlement talks, by Joshua Franklin

Bloomberg

DreamWorks Animation said weighing sale to SoftBank, by Anousha Sakoui, Alex Sherman and Takashi Amano

Encana buys Athlon Energy for $7.1 billion in shift toward oil, by Nidaa Bakhsh

Gross’s Last defiance stuns Allianz, Pimco in Janus move, by Mary Childs

Today in business journalism

Buffalo Business First celebrates 30th anniversary

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How business journalism has changed in the past 30 years

This date in business journalism history

2006: Investigator tailed WSJ reporter before doing H-P work

2011: Assessing the future WSJ and Fox Business relationship

Business journalism birthdays

Sept. 28: Andrew Westney of Law360

Sept. 29: Peter Grant of The Wall Street Journal

Sept. 29: Steve Lohr of The New York Times