Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Oil spurt drives Dow to record despite drop for most stocks, by Stan Choe
Titans of new industry spring $1 billion clean energy fund, by David Koenig
Bloomberg
Trump attacks Lockheed’s F-35 jet in a blow to defense stocks, by Julie Johnsson, Anthony Carpaccio and Rick Clough
Highland Capital sues Muirfield president for defamation, by Patricia Hurtado and Katia Prozecanski
Fortune
Jose Canseco wants to be America’s next Fed chairman, by Lucinda Shen
Viacom stock tanks after CBS merger called off, by Matthew Ingram
Reuters
Exxon’s financial metrics mixed during Tillerson’s decade as CEO, by Ernest Scheyder
Trump’s tough trade talk makes U.S. companies fear China retribution, by Nick Carey and Ginger Gibson
News about business journalism
Inc.’s digital revenues surpassed spring in 2016
Reuters names Robinson editor in charge of EMEA coverage
Quartz adds three editorial staffers
Bloomberg hires Nocera from NY Times
The date in business journalism
2011: New LA Times editor is former biz editor
2006: Ugly month for ad sales for business magazines in November
Business journalism birthday
Dec. 13: Trish Regan of Fox Business Network
Dec. 13: Mamta Badkar of the Financial Times
Dec. 13: Neil Roland of MLex
Dec. 13: Lucinda Shen of Fortune
