Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Spirit Airlines new boss vows to repair image, by Susan Carey
Whole Foods works to reduce costs and boost clout with suppliers, by Ilan Brat
Bloomberg
Economists are ditching their calls for a Fed rate hike in March, by A Catarina Saraiva
China’s Spring Festival holiday retail sales spike 11.2%
The Associated Press
U.S. business stockpiles rise in December, but sales fall, by Josh Boak
U.S. retail sales rise as consumers shrug off stock price drop, by Christopher S. Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio
Reuters
Germany wants to introduce random emissions tests on cars, by Joseph Nasr
Fed’s ‘dot plot’ looks increasingly out of touch on rates, by Ann Saphir
Forbes
‘Deadpool’ box office: Superhero fatigue strikes again with record $47.5M Friday, by Scott Mendelson
Why the NFL bet $63 billion on Beyoncé and the Black Panthers, by Mike Ozanian
News about business journalism:
Micklethwait and the balancing act at Bloomberg
McCuan leaving SF Chronicle biz desk for startup
NY Times biz desk shuffles some assignments
Harvard Biz Review adapts to the digital age
Bloomberg seeks ag commodities reporter in Brazil
Economist sees 31 percent growth in digital readers
This date in business journalism history:
2011: Translating corporate statements into journalism
2009: The difficulty of covering a down market
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 15: Lisa Richwine with Reuters
Feb. 15: Adrienne Carter with the New York Times
Feb. 15: Scott Wapner with CNBC
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