Some of Tuesday’s top business stories:
New York Times
Invasive tactic in foreclosures draws scrutiny, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Drug deaths threaten rising business of electronic music fests, by Ben Sisario and James C. McKinley Jr.
Wall Street Journal
Icahn throws in the towel in Dell fight, by David Benoit
Managing McKinsey through scandal, by Dennis K. Berman
Bloomberg
BofA cuts jobs as mortgage slump ensnares JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, by Hugh Son and Dakin Campbell
IPad-toting doctors fuel publisher profits as paper fades, by Kristen Schweizer
Reuters
Strong sales in Europe help McDonald’s in August, by Siddharth Cavale and Lisa Baertlein
U.S. small business confidence slips in August, by Lucia Mutikani
CNNMoney
Wal-Mart launches smartphone trade-in program ahead of new iPhone, by Julianne Pepitone
10 hard-to-fill jobs, by Wenqian Zhu and Angela Johnson
Today in business journalism
Will housing slow the economic recovery?; Frankie Flack: The little engine of building reputation; Neiman Marcus changing hands; Blodget discusses Business Insider’s history; Arkansas biz journal majority owner purchase remaining stake; Wall Street Journal names new reporters for corporate team; Wall Street Journal editor in Hong Kong headed to PR firm; Women’s business magazine to launch in November.
This date in the history of business journalism
2001: The Newark Star-Ledger becomes first paper to cut printed stock listings in its business section
2007: Some WSJ reporters picketed on Monday
2012: Reuters journalists targeted with PIPs reaches 31
