Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Stocks dive after Trump promises tariffs on steel, by Stan Choe
U.S. companies taking stands, facing retribution over guns, by Joseph Pisani
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett has lost $3.7 billion this week, by Tom Metcalf and Jack Witzig
Equifax says it may close some access to card data over breach, by Jennifer Surane
Fortune
Overstock.com says it’s being probed by SEC over cryptocurrency, by Chris Morris
Best Buy is closing 250 small stores. That’s good, by Phil Wahba
Reuters
U.S. monthly inflation picks up; jobless claims at 48-year low, by Lucia Mutikani
Asia extends Wall Street selloff as Trump sparks fears of trade war, by Hideyuki Sano
News about business journalism
Schouten hired to run WSJ newsletters
Geewax steps down from full-time role covering biz for NPR
Online business magazine launches near Nashville
Institutional Investor scraps print and will become digital only
FT editor Barber receives award for financial journalism contribution
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