Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
A hill of beans: Soybeans upstage trade talks, by Paul Wiseman
Retail group forecasts solid retail sales growth for 2019, by Anne D’Innocenzio
Bloomberg
Here are the finance firms cutting jobs after turmoil in markets, by Shelly Hagan
Greed is back as debt markets face an $8.6 trillion hangover, by Cecile Gutscher
Fortune
“Modern Family” is ending. So is the era of big sitcoms, by Brian Raftery
Microsoft study claims the internet is getting more civil. The internet throws side eye back, by Alyssa Newcomb
Reuters
Huge, pricey trucks haul jobs and profits for the Detroit Three, by Nick Carey and Joseph White
Earnings send Wall St. higher as investors eye State of the Union speech, by April Joyner
News about business journalism
Bloomberg’s De Vynck moves to Google beat; Carville to cover IBM
LA Times hires Barron’s Hite as newsroom project manager
NY Times biz news desk adds D’Angelo as news editor
Why Trish Regan of Fox Business doesn’t like scripted interviews
Why luxury companies are advertising in business publications
Central Penn Biz Journal hires Ross as new publisher
The rise of the robot business reporter
Coster joining Reuters media/telecoms team
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