Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Top Florida home insurer could face big hit from Irma, by Bernard Condon and Gary Fineout
Airline seats disappearing as Irma approaches Florida, by David Koenig
Bloomberg
Las Vegas Sands gives billionaire CEO Adelson 400% salary bump, by Anders Melin
Hedge fund wannabes busted for trading on illegal Amazon tips, by Matt Robinson
Fortune
How Rosalind Brewer, Starbucks’ first woman COO, got the job, by Beth Kowitt
Why Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma are terrific news for one company, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
Amazon opens bidding for $5 billion second headquarters, by Nandita Bose and David Randall
Wall Street ends flat as media stocks slump, health care gains, by Lewis Krauskopf
News about business journalism
Geracioti, longtime biz journalist, dies at 54
Deadline’s Lieberman leaving to become professor
WSJ hires Kruger to cover bond market
Yahoo Finance starts sports business podcast
CNBC.com adds six editorial staffers
NY Times hires Solomon as economics editor
Politico brings back Calderone to cover media
The Economist had added 1 million followers with Line
This date in business journalism
2012: WSJ Live seeing strong growth
2007: Cut stock listings at your own peril
Business journalism birthdays
Sept. 8: Nick Varchaver of ProPublica
Sept. 8: Nikolaj Gammeltoft of Bloomberg News
