Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Tabloid CEO’s lawyer denies Examiner tried to extort Bezos, by Michael Balsamo
US refiner Citgo emerges as key to Venezuela’s power battle, by Alexandra Olson
Bloomberg
Does Jay Powell have the stock market’s back? by Michael P. Regan
Huawei sting offers rare glimpse of U.S. targeting a Chinese giant, by Erik Schatzker
Fortune
Household products may end up costing you more, by Erin Corbett
Forget the wall. Let’s build some towers, by Clay Chandler and Eamon Barrett
Reuters
Tesla’s delivery team gutted in recent job cuts, by Alexandria Sage
U.S.-China trade talks resume next week, focus on intellectual property, by Jeff Mason
News about business journalism
Sherr named editor at large at CNET
NY Times biz desk hires Dooley to cover Japan
Bloomberg Tic Toc is going into New York cabs and airports
Business Insider and Insider hit an audience record in 2018
MarketWatch.com visitors up 45 percent; Barron’s subscriptions up 27 percent
Fortune’s CEO: We need to provide info to business people for them to be successful
Reuters editorial staffers have complained about a top editor
This date in business journalism
2014: Navajo Post to become first Navajo business newspaper
2009: Wall Street Journal closing library
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 11: Kate Patrick of InsideSources
Feb. 11: Dakin Campbell of Business Insider
