Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump, by Mead Gruver
Lawsuit: Dude ranch owner asked chef for “black people food,” by Scott Sonner
Bloomberg
Anshu Jain to join Cantor Fitzgerald as president, by Sonali Basak
Perdue is Trump’s lead pick for agriculture secretary, by Marvin G. Perez and Jennifer Jacobs
Fortune
SpaceX finally explained what caused its rocket to explode, by Charlotte Alter
Family blames FaceTime for fatal crash that killed girl, by Charlotte Alter
Reuters
Twitter China head Kathy Chen leaves company, by David Randall
New drug approvals fall to six-year low in 2016, by Ben Hirschler
The date in business journalism
2012: “Nightly Business Report” hires national assignment editor