Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Microsoft’s anti-hacking efforts make it an internet cop, by Matt O’Brien
Ranks of most valuable companies shifted during bull market, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Tesla stays on rocky run after Morgan Stanley drops coverage, by Esha Dey
U.S. stocks hit record; Yen, bonds pare losses, by Randall Jensen and Sarah Ponczek
Fortune
United Airlines to budget travelers: Stay in the back of the plane, by Kevin Kelleher
Seattle’s air quality was five times worse than Beijing this week, by Glenn Fleishman
Reuters
Few thrills ahead for Trump from a Fed on a mission of its own, by Ann Saphir and Dan Burns
American cuts second U.S.-China flight on fuel costs, rivalry, by Allison Lampert
News about business journalism
Investopedia is laying off a third of its staff
Inside Business gets new editor, integrating with Virginian-Pilot biz desk
How CoinDesk has become profitable
Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal has retail and food reporter
Two NerdWallet staffers leave, looking for other work
How the Musk interview was different than other CEO interviews
This date in business journalism
2013: The CNBC decabox wasn’t enough
2008: Chicago bureau chief named DME at Dow Jones Newswires
Business journalism birthday
Aug. 22: Kevin Delaney at Quartz
