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
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…
Members of the CoinDesk editorial team have sent a letter to the CEO of its…