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
Bowdeya Tweh has been promoted to Chicago bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, reporting…
Fierce Healthcare has promoted Heather Landi to executive editor. She has been a senior editor.…
Business news site Quartz has hired Audrey McNamara as breaking news editor. In her role,…
Mark Stenberg of Adweek looks at how publishers such as Bloomberg and Axios are generating…
Reuters has won the National Headiner Award for business news coverage for its stories about…
Bloomberg News has hired Andrea Palasciano to cover European Union foreign policy and NATO. She will be…