Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
New York Times
London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse agree to merger, by Chad Bray
Peabody Energy warns of possible bankruptcy filing, by Michael Corkery
Bloomberg
FedEx raises floor of full-year forecast after cutting costs, by Mary Schlangenstein
Core U.S. consumer prices increase again more than forecast, by Sho Chandra
CNBC.com
Wall Street checks out of coal mines, by Jon Marino
Pizza Ranch linked to multi-state E. coli outbreak, by Sarah Whitten
Associated Press
March Madness: Some businesses will let workers watch NCAA Tournament, by Joyce Rosenberg
U.S. home construction jumps in February, by Martin Crutsinger
News about business journalism:
Bloomberg widens lead again over Thomson Reuters
Seattle Times names Grunbaum its business editor
Forbes investigating “contributor” who asked for money for story
How a Bloomberg reporter was trolled online for two years
Albany Biz Review staffer joins PR firm
This date in business journalism history:
2007: LA Times story on subprime lenders has issue
2008: Financial Times makes changes to U.S. operations
Business journalism birthdays
March 17: Karen Toulon of Bloomberg News
