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Talking Biz News Today — March 26, 2014

March 26, 2014

Posted by Meredith Hamrick

The Associated Press

Facebook buying virtual-reality company for $2B, by Barbara Ortutay and Ryan Nakashima

Bloomberg

Dish’s Ergen said to approach DirecTV CEO White about merger, by Alex Sherman

Fortune

Citi and four other banks stumble in Fed stress tests, by Stephen Gandel

The New York Times

Literary city, bookstore desert, by Julie Bosman

The Wall Street Journal

Siemens boss reaffirms ties with Russia despite Crimea, by Olga Razumovskaya and William Boston

Businessweek

King’s IPO begins its mega-hit dependency saga, by Joshua Brustein

News & Observer

College athletes can unionize, federal agency says, by Michael Tarm

Today in business journalism

NYTimes CEO takes swipe at Bloomberg
Tales from the early days of a business newspaper
Richardson: “Uncomfortable” with spiking stories
Ben Richardson speaks and wants Bloomberg to respond
Candy Crush maker prices IPO

This date in business journalism history

2009: NYTimes files suit against Fed, Treasury
2012: Forbes relaunches lifestyle magazine

Business journalism birthdays

March 26: Edward Baig of USA Today

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