Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
How Google aims to simplify your life with AI, by Ryan Nakashima and Mae Anderson
China cutting U.S. soybean purchases in wake of tariff threat, by Christopher Rugaber and Dake Kang
Fortune
Pizza Hut expands beer delivery experiment, by Kirsten Korosec
20% of Americans say their next car will be electric, by Kirsten Korosec
MarketWatch.com
Why oil prices didn’t rally after Trump announced “powerful” sanctions against Iran, by Myra P. Saefong
AT&T confirms it paid Trump lawyer Cohen’s company for “insights” into administration, by Rachel Koning Beals
Reuters
United Airlines in talks to buy wide-body jets, by Tim Hepher and Alana Wise
FCC chairman meets Sprint, T-Mobile CEOs on merger, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Dow Jones sued for selling subscriber information
Knoxville paper hires new business reporter
Recode’s Swisher “interviewed” fictional character on podcast
Bloomberg reporter Davis to take on JPMorgan beat
Business Insider’s Hadi hired by NY Times as news director for business
TheStreet meets expectations on loss, misses on revenue
Black Business Ink magazine celebrates 15 years
California paper hires new business editor
Seeking Alpha hires Kiesche as senior editor
This date in business journalism
2013: Goldman Sachs confronts Bloomberg about reporter snooping
2008: Murdoch: WSJ is better, but has long way to go
Business journalism birthday:
May 9: Nathaniel Popper of The New York Times
May 9: Nathan DiCamillo of American Banker
