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Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 17, 2014

November 17, 2014

Posted by Meg Garner

Some of Monday’s top business news stories

The New York Times

Privacy concerns for ClassDojo and other tracking apps for schoolchildren, by Natasha Singer

Defying expectations, Japan’s economy falls into recession, by Jonathan Soble

Allergan nears a deal with Actavis to block a takeover by Valeant, by Michael J. de la Merced

The Wall Street Journal

Target finishes licking its wounds, by Chelsey Dulaney and Paul Ziobro

Halliburton, Baker Hughes sparred over pace of deal talks, by Dana Mattioli, Liz Hoffman and Daniel Gilbert

Fiat Chrysler CEO to be deposed in Jeep fuel-tank fire lawsuit, by Christina Rogers

Bloomberg News

Pfizer to buys Merck KGaA cancer drug rights, by Phil Serafino

Merkel has ‘German reasons’ for persuading U.K. to stay in EU, by Patrick Donahue and David Fickling

Reuters

Halliburton to buy Baker Hughes for $34.6 billion, by Swetha Gopinath

GM ignition-switch compensation claims deadline extended to Jan. 31, by Rama Venkat Raman

Today in business journalism

Appeals court throws out suit by Columbia biz journalism professor

Francis said CNBC tried to stifle criticism

CNBC.com layoffs include senior editor, Mad Money digital producer

Eight laid off from CNBC.com

WSJ was profitable, so why kill it?

This date in business journalism history

2010: Where is the media apology?

2012: How a biz journal wrote about obstetrical care

Business journalism birthdays

Nov. 16: Alan Murray of Fortune Magazine

Nov. 17: Rick Dunham of Tsinghua University in Beijing

Nov. 17: Jennifer Forsyth of The Wall Street Journal

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