Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Set against a shaky global picture, US economy looks sturdy, by Christopher Rugaber
Pass it on: Work-life advice from Twitter curation director, by Barbara Ortutay
Bloomberg
Behold the power of a Super Bowl ad, by Tara Lachapelle
Asian stocks lot set for gains; dollar steady, by Cormac Mullen
Fortune
GM is trying to stop a Canadian union from airing a Super Bowl commercial, by Veronica Neto
Sears hearing could determine the troubled retailer’s future, by Erin Corbett
Reuters
Nissan scraps plan to build new X-Trail model in Britain, by Costas Pitas
Focused on Powell, markets missed signal that Fed would pause, by Ann Saphir
News about business journalism
North Dakota paper makes changes to biz section
Study: Negative media coverage helps big banks gain business
Capitol Forum hires Rucker from Reuter to cover finance
Corpus Christi Business News becomes online-only publication
Melvin takes buyout from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James Grant returns to Barron’s to write regular column
Washington Post taps Telford as breaking biz news reporter
Forbes hires two assistant editors
This date in business journalism
2014: Absolute Return and the hedge fund beat
2009: Bloomberg TV set to cut foreign language editions
Business journalism birthday
Feb. 4: Kathy Kristof of SideHusl
Feb. 4: Paul Harloff of the Associated Press
