Thursday’s top stories:
Wall Street Journal
Ford’s net falls 22% on employee costs, by Mike Ramsey
United Continental’s net soars, by Tess Stynes
New York Times
Health law fails to keep prices low in rural areas, by Reed Abelson, Katie Thomas and Jo Craven McGinty
Jury finds Bank of America liable in mortgage case, by Landon Thomas Jr.
Bloomberg
Families blocked by investors from buying U.S. homes, by Kathleen M. Howley
Reuters
U.S. trade deficit widens slightly on weak exports, by Lucia Mutikani
BusinessWeek
Is funeral home chain SCI’s growth coming at the expense of mourners? by Paul M. Barrett
Fortune
LinkedIn’s latest? Smarter email, by JP Mangalindan
Today in business journalism
Bloomberg’s Ivry moves to editing position
CNBC’s Liesman apologizes about Mexican comment
The implications of tech journalists leaving big media
WSJ’s Baker on becoming “digital natives”
European Central Bank to start bank reviews
This date in business journalism history
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