Some of Wednesday’s top business stories:
Wall Street Journal
M.B.A. applications rebound, by Melissa Korn
Applied Materials to acquire Tokyo Electron, by Daisuke Wakabayashi, Kana Inagaki and Don Clark
Bloomberg
Amazon unveils faster Kindle Fires to take on Apple, by Danielle Kucera
Youth for hire find internships prove preferred process, by Victoria Stilwell
Reuters
Obamacare’s average monthly cost across U.S.: $328, by Caroline Humer
Insight: Wal-Mart’s ‘Made in America’ drive follows suppliers’ lead, by Jessica Wohl and James B. Kelleher
CNNMoney
How income inequality hurts America, by Steve Hargreaves
What killed BlackBerry: Terrible apps, by Adrian Covert
Fortune
Inside Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX, by JP Mangalindan
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