Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Viewership down for MTV’s video music awards, by David Bauder
Are consumers ready to give augmented reality a try? by Anick Jesdanun
Bloomberg
Buffett converts BofA warrants into $16.5 billion stake in bank, by Noah Buhayar
Icahn quadruples his money in $600 million Las Vegas resort deal, by Sarah Mulholland
Fortune
Hollywood wraps a dismal summer, by Tom Huddleston Jr.
Weak diamond sales have triggered De Beers to up its marketing budget, by Grace Donnelly
Reuters
U.S. probes Uber for possible bribery law violations, by Heather Somerville
U.S. consumer confidence hits five-month high, house prices rise, by Lucia Mutikani
News about business journalism
Testy Copy Editor: “Trump-linked” oligarch’s company goes bust
BusinessDen reporter leaving for California paper
“Marketplace” revamps tech show with new host
Goldfarb to become Reuters Breakingviews deputy editor in Hong Kong
Real estate reporter Clarke joins WSJ
Sqoop, site used by biz journalists, adds DOJ documents
How Reuters journalists are covering Hurricane Harvey
This date in business journalism
2012: The embargo and business journalism
2007: CNN will stop using Reuters
Business journalism birthday
Aug. 30: Damian Garde of STAT News
