Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories
The Wall Street Journal
Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 billion, by Mike Shields and Thomas Gryta
Picasso painting fetches $179 million at auction, by Kelly Crow
The New York Times
Greece moves to pay debt, but European finance ministers unsatisfied, by Liz Alderman and James Kanter
Judge’s ruling against 2 banks finds misconduct in ’08 crash, by Peter Eavis
Quartz
Alibaba’s unparalleled rise has changed the face of global business, by Porter Erisman
Measuring opportunities for digital payments in the developing world, by Leora Klapper
Fortune
Outflows from Pimco slowed to a mere $73 billion in 1Q, by Geoffrey Smith
Why Family Dollar prioritized mobile apps for employees, not shoppers, by Heather Clancy
News about business journalism
Huffington Post hires executive editor to oversee business, technology
Audience development director at Atlanta Biz Chronicle dies suddenly
Fox Business moving Bartiromo to Imus time slot
Bloomberg’s Halperin apologizes to presidential candidate
TheStreet to launch four new TV shows
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