This week’s top business news — Feb. 23-28, 2015

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing debate over net neutrality made headlines throughout the week cultivating the FCC’s decision Friday to assert its authority over the Internet. Friday proved to be a big news day with the release of revised U.S. economic growth numbers, which proved to be less substantial than originally assumed.

What follows is a list of what Talking Biz News views to be this week’s top 10 stories.

Monday:

• How Chipotle is forcing sit-down chains like Olive Garden to rethink lunch, by Sarah Halzack of The Washington Post
• Oscars TV ratings are a flop, by Tom Huddleston Jr. of Fortune

Tuesday

• Pebble’s new smartwatch breaks Kickstarter records, raising $1M in just 34 minutes, by Harrison Weber of VentureBeat
• As Republicans concede, FCC expected to enforce net neutrality, by Jonathan Weisman of CNBC

Wednesday

• Macy’s is making its own version of T.J. Maxx and Nordstrom Rack, by Sapna Maheshwari of BuzzFeed
• Starz CEO Albrecht hints at possible merger with Lions Gate, by Jeff Berman of The Street

Thursday

• Hedge manager sues the US government over a ‘reckless’ raid that shut down his $4 billion firm, by Julia la Roche of Business Insider
• Chelsea FC signs $300 million sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber, by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes

Friday

• U. S. economic growth at year’s end revised downward, by Nelson D. Schwartz of The New York Times
• FCC approves net neutrality rules, setting stage for legal battle, by Thomas Gryta of The Wall Street Journal