Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Tesla wants to electrify big trucks, adding to its ambitions, by Dee-Ann Durbin
Comcast talking to Fox about a deal, source says, by Tali Arbel
Bloomberg
Bitcoin hits record just days after 29% plunge, by Camila Russo
Lynn Tilton accused of withholding funds after portfolio defaults, by Erik Larson
Fortune
Why PayPal is dropping lending, by Aaron Pressman
Best Buy says Apple’s late iPhone X launch lowered sales by $100 million, by Phil Wahba
Reuters
Ex-Trump lawyer to defend AT&T/Time Warner merger, by Diane Bartz and Karen Freifeld
FCC approves TV technology that gives better pictures but less privacy, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Quartz names a chief revenue officer
Personal finance site NerdWallet lays off 53
Washington Post hires Sarah Ellison to cover media
Pesta leaving NY Times biz desk for climate desk
The story behind Bloomberg Businessweek’s cartoon strip
This date in business journalism
2012: San Jose biz columnist leaving for LA Times
2007: Dedicated, organized and missed
Business journalism birthday
Nov. 17: Jennifer Forsyth of The Wall Street Journal
