Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
I owe how much? Americans shocked by impact of new tax law, by Sarah Skidmore Sell
US stocks bounce back from wobbly start to extend gains, by Alex Veiga
Bloomberg
Tesla to make about 500,000 cars this year, by Ville Heiskanen
Self-driving cars might kill auto insurance as we know it, by Paul Tullis
Fortune
Amir Husain is building the future of AI, by Dinah Eng
An activist investor takes on the wage gap, by Ellen McGirt
Reuters
U.S. watchdog proposes “testing waters” before public offerings, by Katanga Johnson
Oil dips from 2019 highs as rising U.S. supply erodes OPEC cuts, by Henning Gloystein
News about business journalism
Longtime biz reporter Davis leaving KC Star via buyout
Commercial real estate reporter McClung leaving Denver Biz Journal
Triangle Biz Journal real estate reporter Graham is leaving
The Atlantic hires WSJ reporter Nicholas
Adweek hires Wodinsky to cover all things tech
STAT hires Chakradhar to write Morning Rounds newsletter
Washington Post biz desk hires Seibel as tech policy editor
Fortune hires Belanger as production editor
Recode to start new podcast with three shows per week
This date in business journalism
2014: Kleman, former Consumer Reports editor, hired as editor of American Lawyer
2009: Biz journalists who move the market
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 20: John Waggoner of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Feb. 20: Bill Roy of the Wichita Business Journal
