Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Fresh ingredients came back to haunt Chipotle, by Julie Jargon and Jesse Newman
GM’s earnings surge on tax gain, sales in China, U.S., by Gautham Nagesh and Christina Rogers
Bloomberg
YouTube schedules original shows, movies for new paid service, by Lucas Shaw
Tesla shifts gears to send Model X SUVs to China before Europe, by Dana Hull
The Associated Press
Survey: Growth at U.S. services companies slowed in January, by Josh Boak
Comcast loses fewest TV customers in 8 years, by Tali Arbel
Reuters
Global business activity starts 2016 on weak note, by Jonathan Cable
Merck gives cautious 2016 outlook as sales of top medicines lag, by Ransdell Pierson
Quartz
The world’s biggest luxury company isn’t worried about China, by Marc Bain
Google is winning, by Dan Frommer
News about business journalism:
WSJ plugs pay gap hole at Instapaper
LA Times names Muessig its tech editor
Quartz hires West Coast video correspondent
Real estate writer Beale leaves LA Times via buyout
Fox Business posts record ratings in January
Forbes hires Drange to cover tech
The top U.S. tech writers followed by other tech writers
This date in business journalism history:
2014: Why SeekingAlpha is great for investors but uncomfortable for PR people
2011: The role of business journalism in society
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 4: Kathy Kristof
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