Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc, by Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome
Hopeful signs of an economic ‘soft landing’ emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching, by Christopher Rugaber
America added 306,000 fewer jobs last year than we thought. But the labor market is still hot, by Alicia Wallace
Nvidia’s quarterly sales double on the back of AI boom, by Clare Duffy and Samantha Delouya
Nielsen Plans to Incorporate Amazon’s Data on ‘Thursday Night Football’ Viewership, by Joe Flint
Target Goes Local to Speed Up Order Deliveries, by Liz Young
CVS pushes into making cheaper versions of complex drugs with new discount Humira, by Bertha Coombs
Nike falls for record 10th straight day as Foot Locker woes, China slowdown hit stock, by Gabrielle Fonrouge
UK supermarket Asda launches fresh round of price cuts
Google vows more transparency on ads as new EU rules kick in, by Foo Yun Chee
Bloomberg Law’s Gilbert to cover intellectual property
Dallas Biz Journal editor Schnick departing
Fund that used CNBC’s Cramer picks is closing
The Messenger hires Rennie as breaking news editor on the biz team
Russia asks to extend pretrial detention of WSJ’s Gershkovich
Politico adds data whiz, CNN’s new election reporter, Russia cracks down on UK journos
Press oppression continues as Russia blacklists BBC, Guardian and Telegraph journalists
Franklin News Foundation acquires Illinois-based Advanced Digital Media
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
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…