This week’s top business news — March 30- April 3, 2015

This week’s business news saw a crossover between politics and business with many large corporations taking a stance against after Indiana’s controversial “religious freedom bill.” Wal-Mart most notably spoke out against a similar bill put forth in Arkansas. The end of the week highlighted another month of anticipated U.S. job growth.

What follows are what Talking Biz News views to be the stories of the week:

Monday

• Income inequality: It’s also bad for your health, by Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times
• StubHub is suing Ticketmaster over ticket cancellations, by Benjamin Snyder of Fortune

Tuesday

• Zappos to employees: Get behind our ‘no bosses’ approach, or leave with severance, by Jena McGregor of The Washington Post
• NCAA Final Four coaches come out against Indiana’s ‘religious freedom’ law, by Adam Howard of MSNBC

Wednesday

• Wal-Mart CEO speaks out against ‘religious freedom’ bill in Arkansas, by Jena McGregor of The Washington Post
• American Apparel CEO: Firings “necessary to protect the financial health” of company, by Sapna Maheshwari of BuzzFeed

Thursday

• US factory orders rose in February for first time since July, by Paul Wiseman of The Associated Press
• Lufthansa Chief Carsten Spohr under spotlight after Germanwings crash, by Robert Wall of The Wall Street Journal

Friday

• Samsung said to win Apple A9 chip orders for next iPhone, by Jungah Lee and Ian King
• Solid U.S. job growth anticipated despite weak economy, by Lucia Mutikani of Reuters