Some of Thursday’s top business stories:
The New York Times
Facebook to let users limit data revealed by log-ins, by Vindu Goel
A ghost town, going green, by Diane Cardwell
The Wall Street Journal
How you will be part of Comcast’s Wi-Fi network – and maybe a wireless service, by Ryan Knutson
Reuters
Ford CEO Mulally to exit Ford in July, successor vows continuity, by Ben Klayman
Bloomberg
Consumer spending in U.S. jumps by most in five years, by Victoria Stilwell
U.S. lost $11.2 billion in GM bailout, TARP report says, by Tim Higgins
Forbes
Exxon Mobil down despite bottom-line earnings beat, by Maggie McGrath
Today in business journalism
The successful strategy behind Quartz
Bloomberg’s folly in China
ProPublica hires Podkul of Reuters to cover finance
Fortune hires Fairchild as writer
Covering the economic data dump
This date in business journalism history
2006: WSJ Online celebrates 10-year anniversary
2008: Pulitzer-winning biz reporter dies at 92
Business journalism birthdays
May 1: Cathie Anderson of the Sacramento Bee
