Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
U.S. inflation pressures raising expectations for rate hikes, by Christopher Rugaber
Critics wary as Google Chrome begins an ad crackdown, by Ryan Nakashima
Bloomberg
Buffett’s bumpy ride with IBM draws to a close with stock sales, by Noah Buhayer and Katherine Chiglinsky
Hedge funds are dumping Facebook and Google, by Brandon Kochkodin, Hema Parmar and Katia Porzecanski
Fortune
Fossil shares surge 79% as wearables tech sales surge, by Phil Wahba
This CEO believes innovation and culture are one in the same, by Susie Gharib
Reuters
Cisco tops estimates as turnaround takes center stage, by Munsif Vengattil
Qualcomm meets Broadcom to discuss $121 million acquisition offer, by Greg Roumeliotis
News about business journalism
Basak named Morgan Stanley/UBS reporter at Bloomberg
Bloomberg reporter Gilblom moves to cover European Big Oil
Bloomberg’s Tic Toc could expand to other platforms
Ex-Time CEO mulls purchase of Fortune, Money
Wired editor Thompson denies using information from job interview
McGraw Center gives $15,000 in biz journalism fellowships
Forbes is making changes to its contributor network
This date in business journalism
2013: AllThingsD considers split from News Corp.
2008: The feud between Barron’s and CNBC
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 15: Lloyd Whittington of the Triad Business Journal
