Some of Friday’s top business stories:
Wall Street Journal
Google to sell user profiles, photos in ads, by Brian R. Fitzgerald
Tesoro Logistics pipeline spills 20,000 barrels in North Dakota, by Alison Sider
New York Times
JPMorgan reports quarterly loss as it grapples with legal woes, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Signs of progress as talks continue on fiscal crisis, by Jeremy W. Peters and Ashley Parker
Bloomberg
Canada Breaking Bad is pot grower in chocolate factory, by Greg Quinn
Royal Mail stock jumps 38% on first trading day after IPO, by Kari Lundgren and Thomas Penny
Reuters
Washington drives U.S. consumer sentiment to nine-month low, by Richard Leong
Wells Fargo profit rises but mortgage banking income falls, by Peter Rudegeair and Anil D’Silva
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The secrets of Bezos: How Amazon became the everything store, by Brad Stone
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