Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
Times and other news organizations to test use of drones, by Ravi Somaiya
Saks treatment of transgender employees is investigated, by Hiroko Tabuchi
The Wall Street Journal
Swiss move roils global markets, by Neil MacLucas and Brian Blackstone
Schlumberger cuts 9,000 jobs as oil-price ax falls, by Dan Molinski
Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs posts lowest annual trading revenue since 2005, by Michael Moore
Luxembourg backed ‘cosmetic’ Amazon deal in 11 days, EU says, by Gaspard Sebag and Stephanie Bodoni
The Washington Post
U.S. companies attracted most venture capital money since 2000 last year, by Steven Overly
Reuters
Alibaba’s latest mobile messaging effort: social networking for businesses, by Paul Carsten
News about business journalism
Bloomberg Businessweek leads NMA nominations
Fox Business returns to Dish Network
NY CPAs seeks entries for financial journalism competition
Fox Business cancels “The Independents,” to debut “Kennedy”
CNBC’s prime time viewership sets records
This date in business journalism history
2007: What business journalists want during earnings season
2010: FT parent considers selling financial data business
Business journalism birthdays
Jan. 16: Jonathan Dahl of OZY
