Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Puzder withdraws nomination to be Trump’s labor secretary, by Laurie Kellman and Catherine Lucey
PepsiCo seeks growth from “guilt-free” items like Baked Lay’s, by Candice Choi
Bloomberg
Toll Brothers to pay taxes on Manhattan condos to lure buyers, by Oshrat Carmiel
Canada Goose files for IPO in New York and Toronto, by Scott Deveau
Fortune
Cisco has fifth straight down quarter, and Wall Street’s support, by Jonathan Vanian
This insurance giant’s CEO thinks Obamacare is in a “death spiral,” by Sy Mukherjee
Reuters
Wall Street rises further into uncharted territory, by Noel Randewich
Anthem sues Cigna to block termination of merger, by Michael Erman
News about business journalism
Senior editor Lowry leaving CNBC.com
Quartz hires Mancini as its global news editor
TechCrunch for Boston tech news
San Francisco Business Times hires new tech reporter
Valdez hired as editor of Wired.com
Forbes does away with publisher title
South Florida Business Journal hires Miller as ME
The date in business journalism
2012: The Economist and its continued growth
2007: Suspects didn’t show in retrial of murder of Forbes editor
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 16: Mary Schlangenstein with Bloomberg
