Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Uber battles locals for future of African taxis, by Heidi Vogt
Behind Apple’s move to shelve TV plans, by Daisuke Wakabayashi
The New York Times
Behind a ’71 Coke jingle, a man who wasn’t mad, by Sydney Ember
The in-state tuition break, slowly disappearing, by Kevin Carey
Bloomberg
The $18 trillion global economic boost if everything went right, by Simon Kennedy
Wal-Mart results miss estimates as currency crimps earnings, by Renee Dudley
Fortune
Buoyant housing market can’t hide Home Depot’s hacking scars, by Geoffrey Smith
ECB rolls its tanks onto the lawn as Greece’s PM faces a party mutiny, by Geoffrey Smith
News about business journalism
Reuters launches investigative news site
Former Bloomberg correspondent drops discrimination lawsuit
FT begins cost-per-hour advertising
AP-NORC offering fellowships on economics of aging, long-term care
Prairie Business hires new reporter
This date in business journalism history
2008: Thomson Reuters to cut 140 news jobs
2011: Judge recommends in favor of Dow Jones in Medicare records case
business journalism birthdays
May 19: Ken Bensinger of BuzzFeed
May 19: Mark Kass of the Milwaukee Business Journal
