Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Official: California must mull home ban in fire-prone areas, by Don Thompson
China and U.S. discuss plan for trade talks, by Joe McDonald
Bloomberg
Week-long carnage in bank stocks is worst slide of Trump era, by Elena Popina and Felice Maranz
Trump picks Pence economist to lead Fannie-Freddie regulator, by Elizabeth Dexheimer
Fortune
What Tencent Music’s $1.1B IPO says about China’s market downturn, by Kevin Kelleher
The NIH is MRI-ing kid’s brains while they instagram to study effects of screen time, by Brittany Shoot
Reuters
Canada court grants bail to Huawei CFO; Trump might intervene, by Julie Gordon and Michael Martina
Google has no plans to launch Chinese search engine: CEO, by David Shepardson and Paresh Dave
News about business journalism
Axios hires Yahoo Finance’s Rabouin
Recent market tremors are a challenge for the media
Cheddar is putting its content on augmented reality headsets
Bloomberg staffers opposed to founder running for president
This date in business journalism
2013: Long Island Business News names new publisher, editor
2008: Staff numbers up, company coverage down at WSJ
Business journalism birthday
Dec. 12: Liz Claman of Fox Business Network
Dec. 12: Melissa Francis of Fox Business Network
