Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
U.S. stocks back to records as corporate profits keep rising, by Stan Choe
EPA chief pledges to streamline Superfund cleanup process, by Michael Biesecker
Bloomberg
Blue Apron shakes up executives less than one month after IPO, by Jing Cao
Demand for exotic Kit Kats is so high Nestle is building a new plant, by Naomi Schanen
Fortune
SEC says digital tokens are securities, by Jeff John Roberts
SoftBank reportedly approached Uber, by Polina Marinova
Reuters
AT&T’s quarterly profit tops Wall Street estimates, shares rise, by Anjali Athavaley
Jobs lift U.S. consumer confidence to near 16-year high, by Lucia Mutikani
News about business journalism
Bloomberg TV expands its Hong Kong studio
Company sues BuzzFeed for defamation
The Verge launches new reviews section Guidebook
Bell named editor in chief in Barron’s
Gulino leaves Market News International, for a third time
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