Some of Thursday’s top stories:
New York Times
Fed extends stimulus as growth stumbles, by Binyamin Appelbaum
Mobile ads fuel a jump in profit at Facebook, by Vindu Goel
Bloomberg
Shell profit misses analyst estimates as global output drops, by Eduard Gismatullin
Wall Street firms poised to disappoint bankers on bonuses, by Michael J. Moore and Zeke Faux
Reuters
U.S. jobless claims fall in better news for labor market, by Alister Bull
Sony slashes profit outlook with TV business back in red, by Sophie Knight
Fortune
Meet the biggest banjo maker in the U.S., by Cristina Rouvalis
Apple’s CapEx: $11 billion for plants, equipment and a spaceship, by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
CNNMoney
Brazil’s beleaguered OGX files for bankruptcy, by Alanna Petroff
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