Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Say goodbye to the iPhone’s headphone jack, by Brandon Bailey and Michael Liedtke
Apache may have struck big in West Texas, by David Koenig
Bloomberg
Can ExxonMobil be found liable for misleading the public on climate change? by Paul Barrett and Matthew Phillips
New PlayStation models change the life cycle of gaming consoles, by Joshua Brustein
MarketWatch.com
Executive shuffle announced at Goldman Sachs, by Liz Hoffman
Formula One bought by John Malone’s Liberty Media for $4.4 billion, by Simon Clark
Reuters
HP Enterprise in $8.8 billion deal with Micro Focus for software assets, by Liana Baker
ECB likely to point to more easing as it charts steady course, by Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa
News about business journalism
Bankrate.com hires senior money editor
Business Book of the Year finalists named
Durham paper hires new business reporter
About.com launches personal finance site The Balance
Biz news video service Cheddar raises $10 million
Wired’s articles editor joining NY Times Magazine
The date in business journalism
2011: Forbes to launch edition in Kazakhstan
2006: Hewlett-Packard obtained phone records of nine journalists
Business journalism birthday
Sept. 8: Nick Varchaver of Fortune
Sept. 8: Nikolaj Gammeltoft of Bloomberg News