Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Philip Morris revenue, cigarette shipments decline, by Chelsey Dulaney
Shell profit battered by weak oil prices, by Sarah Kent
Bloomberg
Viacom’s board names Dauman chairman, replacing aging Redstone, by Christopher Palmeri and Lucas Shaw
Consumer comfort in U.S. little changed near three-month high, by Tatiana Darie
The Associated Press
Orders to U.S. factories fell sharply in December, by Martin Crutsinger
Automakers to recall 5M vehicles for another air bag problem, by Tom Krisher
Reuters
Rising U.S. layoffs point to ebbing labor market momentum, by Lucia Mutikani
Conoco cuts dividend for first time in 25 years on crude crash, by Anna Driver and Swetha Gopinath
Quartz
U.S. recession is back on the table, by Matt Phillips
“Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli pleads the Fifth before Congress but has plenty of snark on Twitter, by Jake Flanagin
News about business journalism:
Goldsmith Prize finalists include business journalism
International Biz Times staffers having trouble with pay
How the FT analyzes data to understand its audience
This date in business journalism history:
2007: The news, or the Money Honey?
2011: The role of the press in the financial crisis
Business journalism birthdays:
Feb. 5: Jeff Engel
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