Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Tobacco giant to emerge from $49 billion deal, by Danica Kirka
New prescription: Doctor offices that look like Apple stores, by Michael Liedtke
Bloomberg
Goldman protests featuring swamp creatures vow to stay all week, by Zeke Faux
Sotheby’s wants its money back for another Old Master fake, by Katya Kazakina
Fortune
Here’s why Biogen is forking over $1.25 billion for a small Danish biotech, by Sy Mukherjee
Shake Shack is making a new animal welfare promise, by John Kell
Reuters
Deutsche Bank signs $7.2 billion deal with U.S. over risky mortgages, by Karen Freifeld
Morgan Stanley’s profit doubles on bond-trading surge, by Olivia Oran and Sruthi Shankar
News about business journalism
Reuters names French its M&A reporter for energy and financial services
Barron’s launches email newsletter aimed at financial advisors
Business Insider launches Japan site
Politico hires Bloomberg Businssweek senior editor Hoffman
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