Some Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
The toughest challenge for self-driving cars? Human drivers, by Tom Krisher
As farmers worry, agriculture chief to promote trade, by Mary Clare Jalonick
Bloomberg
Cigna wins judge’s approval to walk away from Anthem merger, by Jef Feeley, Zachary Tracer and David McLaughlin
Here’s a place where political turmoil actually helps companies, by Krystof Chamonikolas
Fortune
Nordstrom’s luxury stores are taking a beating, by Phil Wahba
New York Times launches a kids edition in print, by Matthew Ingram
Reuters
Wall Street slides as investors fret about retail, by Noel Randewich
Whole Foods board overhaul fails to satisfy activist investor Jana, by Michael Flaherty
News about business journalism
What’s behind the success of Technical.ly
Nashville Biz Journal hires Overholt as health care/tech reporter
LeVine leaves Quartz for Axios to cover the future of work
Sears CEO blames biz media for company woes
Tech editor Knox leaves Politico Europe
Yahoo Finance records large increase in Berkshire audience
This date in business journalism
2012: Varney of Fox Business acknowledges story was wrong
2007: Tampa Tribune cuts standalone Sunday biz section
