Talking Biz News Today — April 13, 2016

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Reuters

Two Fed bank presidents backed rate hike ahead of last meeting, by Howard Schneider

U.S. lawsuit against ValueAct puts mutual funds on alert, by Michael Flaherty and Ross Kerber

USA Today

American Apparel laying off 500 workers, by Chris Woodyard

Large Valeant bondholder calls for default, by Matt Krantz and Kevin McCoy

Fortune

This hedge fund billionaire just bulldozed New Jersey’s tax base, by Chris Matthews

Chick-fil-A is vastly expanding in New York, by Phil Wahba

Associated Press

Finance officials facing a chronically weak global economy, by Paul Wiseman

Demand for new Tesla is wild, but limited to tech fans, by Tom Krisher

News about business journalism:

Bloomberg Television’s Ruhle leaves for MSNBC

Bloomberg Media emphasizes quality video content, not surfing squirrels

Forbes starts podcast series aimed at young women entrepreneurs

Quartz hires Things editor

McGraw Center seeks fellowship applications

Bloomberg Media launches joint venture in India

This date in business journalism history:

2006: SEC’s decision: Subpoenas only in rare cases

2009: Atlanta paper losing another business columnist