Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Italian turmoil hits global markets, sends stocks plunging, by Marley Jay
Tariff renews China tariff threat, complicating talks, by Christopher Rugaber
Bloomberg
Tesla opens up about mysterious payment to board member’s firm, by Dana Hull
Bond traders’ confidence in Fed rate path crumbles, by Alex Harris and Edward Bolingbroke
Fortune
Fortnite’s first vehicle will be a shopping cart, of course, by Mahita Gajanan
User reports problem with Microsoft 10 Windows update, by Sarah Gray
Reuters
Bayer wins U.S. nod for Monsanto deal, by Diane Bartz and Ludwig Burger
Starbucks shuts 8,000 stores for anti-bias training, by Lisa Baertlein
News about business journalism
WSJ hires Dooling as product lead for newsletters
Bloomberg BNA hires Newsday’s Dooley to cover California environment
Cheddar hires Macheel as a reporter
Sutton hired by Adweek to cover tech
How Wired magazine lost $100,000 in bitcoin
WSJ hires Honan to be City Hall reporter
Institutional Investor is combing with Alpha
This date in business journalism
2013: CNBC hires British business editor
2008: Why TV business journalists owe a debt to Myron Kandel
