Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Fed official supports September start for bond reductions, by Martin Crutsinger
U.S. stocks close slightly lower, trimming earlier losses, by Alex Veiga
Bloomberg
Facebook introduces “Watch” video product for short series, by Sarah Frier and Lucas Shaw
Facebook’s Sandberg says sexual harassers should loses their jobs, by Sarah Frier and Alex Chang
Fortune
Office Depot stock falls 25% on Amazon fears, by Phil Wahba
Tech workers harder to hire and less likely to launch startups in U.S., by Grace Donnelly
Reuters
Twenty-First Century Fox revenue misses, profit tops estimates, by Jessica Toonkel and Aishwarya Venugopal
Altice weighing takeover offer for Charter, by Liana B. Baker and Anjali Athavaley
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CNN hires Politico’s Gold to cover European business and media
Group backs tech news site TechDirt with $250,000
Knoxville paper names new energy reporter
Reuters hires FT’s Hughes to be Asia finance editor
Khan joins WSJ as Asia corporate reporter
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