Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Whole Foods’ sales fall again as competitors draw customers, by Candice Choi
Fed’s more upbeat tone suggests rate hike as early as September, by Martin Crutsinger
Bloomberg
Exelon-ConEd deal shows hunger for hedging as plants struggle, by Mark Chediak
Forrest Mars Jr., Mars’s billionaire co-owner, dies at 84, by David Henry
MarketWatch.com
Here’s the key factor pushing oil prices to $35 a barrel, by Mark DeCambre
Why this generation won’t be as wealthy as the last one, by Quentin Fottrell
Reuters
U.S. durable goods orders data points to weak business spending, by Lucia Mutikani
Venezuela roils corporate profits around the globe, by Tim McLaughlin
News about business journalism
Forbes.com mobile traffic up 30 percent in first half of 2016
Fortune moves contributors network to Medium
Mashable hires Beres as deputy tech editor
Bloomberg Radio joins RadioPlayer in Britain
Pressberg, formerly of IB Times, hired by The Wrap
The date in business journalism
2011: Fox Business has best month ever
2006: CEOs hiding behind Reg FD and don’t talk to reporters
