Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Concerns rise over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands, John Flesher, Michael Casey
Government plans to ban flavors used in e-cigarettes, by Matthew Perrone
CNN
The United States is delaying some tariffs on China. Markets are moving higher, by Laura He, Rob McLean
Europe needs Germany to spend big. Don’t hold your breath, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Purdue Pharma Reaches Deal With Cities, 23 States Over Opioid Crisis, by Sara Randazzo, Jared S. Hopkins
Supreme Court Authorizes Trump to Deny Asylum to Central Americans, by Brent Kendall, Jess Bravin
Reuters
BAT cutting 2,300 jobs as new CEO Bowles spurs changes, by Pushkala Aripaka, Noor Zainab Hussain
AB InBev set to revive Budweiser Asia IPO with $5 billion float: sources, by Julie Zhu
News about business journalism
Rosenberg joins Washington Post biz desk to cover workers and the economy
Reuters names Gajilan its digital news director
Covering the tech beat as the voice of the community
Martin named WSJ’s Korea bureau chief
Kluth joins Bloomberg as opinions editor
Business Insider to offer new area of coverage: banking
Herron to lead personal finance coverage for Yahoo! Finance
Bloomberg’s Peña joins Refinitiv
Zaleski departs Bloomberg for JP Morgan
Marie Mawad is leaving Bloomberg for a new adventure
Rob Taylor leaves journalism after 24 years to join Australian government
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an editor to lead its coverage of logistics…
The Wall Street Journal seeks an enterprising and ambitious reporter to cover the intersection of…
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter in Washington, DC, to chronicle one of…
Reuters has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Anna Hirtenstein. She will start next month. Hirtenstein has…
Caroline Gage, head of the Americas for Bloomberg News, sent the following announcement to staff:…
Forbes senior editor Amy Feldman is now covering health care. She had been covering industrial innovation and…