Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Minutes show Fed officials noted number of rising threats, by Martin Crutsinger
Southwest grapples with new revenue and labor problems, by David Koenig
Bloomberg
Lyft plans to file for IPO as soon as next week, by Eric Newcomer
The most mindnumbing of office tasks made one man $360 million, by Keiko Ujikane and Shingo Kawamoto
Fortune
You can’t blame Brexit alone for UK’s auto industry woes, by David Meyer
The endless ping-pong of U.S.-China trade talks, by Clay Chandler
Reuters
Samsung announces folding phone with 5G at nearly $2,000, by Stephen Nellis and Paul Sandle
Wall Street ends up slightly as Fed minutes support cautious stance, by Caroline Valetkevitch
News about business journalism
Reporter Sweeney leaves Crain’s Chicago
CNN Business names Quinn its senior tech editor
WSJ’s chief technology officer promoted to News Corp. position
WSJ banking reporter Glazer joining paper’s politics team
Politico hires Levine to write Morning Tech newsletter
CNBC hires Gill to be Asia “Street Signs” anchor
Digiday hires Hensel to cover ecommerce and retail
WSJ hires Haggin to cover digital advertising
Economist editor: Less than 1% of our staff is black
This date in business journalism
2014: Bloomberg News making push in Canada
2009: Dial-a-quote economists
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 21: Jon Fine of Inc.
