Some of Tuesday’s top business stories:
The NY Times
High-tech push has board games rolling again, by Nick Wingfield
Hedge fund moguls’ pay has the 1% looking up, by Alexandra Stevenson
The Wall Street Journal
Target’s problem: Tar-zhay isn’t working, by Paul Ziobro, Monica Langley and Joann S. Lublin
Bayer to buy Merck’s consumer business for $14.2 billion, by Michael Calia and Neetha Mahadevan
Reuters
U.S. trade deficit narrows, but not enough to help GDP, by Lucia Mutikani
Office Depot to close 400 U.S. stores, shares rise, by Maria Ajit Thomas
The Associated Press
Twitter stock slumps as lock-up expires
Businessweek
Tablet sales slowdown comes sooner than expected, by Adam Satariano
Today in business journalism
The importance of social media in business journalism
CNNMoney hires markets and investing reporter
Vass, longtime Chattanooga biz editor, to retire
WSJ’s Baker: We rock at scoops
Apparently data is king
This date in business journalism history
2009: Nightly Business Report co-anchor Kangas plans to retire at end of 2009
2010: NYPost biz editor leaving for Moody’s
Birthdays
Joe Nocera of the NYT, Dan Kraut of Bloomberg, Telis Demos of the WSJ
