Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. tries to block United’s acquiring more slots at Newark, by Brent Kendall and Susan Carey
AB InBev, SABMiller formalize $106 billion deal, by Saabira Chaudhuri
Quartz
Alibaba just sold over $1 billion of merchandise in 8 minutes in China’s largest online shopping day, by Josh Horwitz
Four hackers have been charged in the biggest ever cyberattack on a U.S. financial institution, by Ian Kar
Bloomberg
Fidelity writes down value of Snapchat holding by 25 percent, by Sarah Frier and Miles Weiss
Chipotle is reopening restaurants closed by E. coli outbreak, by Craig Giammona
The Associated Press
Banks, at odds with personal finance sites, disrupt service, by Ken Sweet
Toys have best year in a decade, by Anne D’Innocenzio
Reuters
U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others, by Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond
McDonald’s CEO says no plan to spin off properties into REIT, by Lisa Baertlein
News about business journalism:
How Business Insider was sold for $442 million
Fox Business hopes the debate will help its business
Pesek hired as executive editor of Barron’s Asia
CNBC cutting back its international operations
FT names new Africa and Asia editors
Car coverage now accounts for 30 percent of The Verge traffic
How Forbes is expanding in Europe
This date in business journalism history:
2011: Making the adjustment to biz journalism
2008: Remembering WSJ’s Barney Kilgore
Business journalism birthdays:
Nov. 11: Tom Contiliano with Bloomberg
Nov. 11: Rob Hunter of The Wall Street Journal
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