Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
States expected to target Google in new antitrust probe, by Rachel Lerman
Minnesota oil pipeline fight highlights Democratic dilemmas, by Steve Karnowski
Bloomberg
U.K. Recession Threat Recedes as Economy Posts Solid July Growth, by David Goodman
Top Oil Trader Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Uncertainty, by Sharon Cho, Dan Murtaugh
Fortune
Apple Admits Breaking Chinese Labor Laws in the World’s Largest iPhone Factory, by Mark Gurman
Mark Sanford Launches 2020 Republican Challenge to Trump, by Meg Kinnard
CNBC
‘It: Chapter Two’ nabs second-highest horror movie opening with $91 million haul, by Sarah Whitten
JP Morgan is close to winning a lead role in history’s biggest IPO: Saudi Aramco, by Hugh Son
Reuters
Geely to bring air taxis to China in tie-up with Daimler-backed Volocopter, by Yilei Sun, Brenda Goh
Albertsons Companies joins supermarkets in changing guns policy, by Akshay Balan
News about Business Journalism
Chicago Tribune hires Jimenez as biz reporter
Senior writer Dreyfus leaves Wired
Guardian’s Siddiqui hired by WSJ
Dobby takes on Globe and Mail’s corporate law beat
Washington Examiner welcomes Smith, Krishan
AP taps former WSJ, Politico, Bloomberg reporters
Bloomberg Law downplays its erroneous Labor Department story
How a Business Insider reporter got the story on hacking devices
Kiplinger has laid off 11 staffers amid reorganization
Washington Post hires Tiku as tech culture reporter
Oregon paper hires new business reporter
Crain acquires GenomeWeb for an undisclosed amount
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has lambasted Russia over its continued detention of…
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Clare Malone of The New York writes about Hunterbrook, which is using reporting from journalists to…
The Hollywood Reporter awards editor Tyler Coates is leaving the news organization. His last day will be…
Laura Purkess has been promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun. She will maintain…
Pat Ferrier, senior business reporter at the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, is retiring after 23…