Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Ethan Allen takes aim at activist’s nominees for its board, by James A. Hagerty
Wal-Mart U.S. sales strengthen, by Sarah Nassauer
Quartz
Why the hotel industry isn’t afraid of Airbnb (yet), explained in five charts, by Alice Truong
Home Depot is the exception that proves the rule of the U.S. retail slowdown, by Melvin Backman
Bloomberg
Air Liquide to buy Airgas for $13.4 billion in cash, by Francois De Beaupuy
FanDuel, DraftKings, Yahoo: Three ways to fight the law in New York, by Joshua Brustein
The Associated Press
More Thanksgiving travelers; Don’t get stuck at the airport, by Scott Mayerowitz
U.S. manufacturing output rises for first time in 3 months, by Christopher Rugaber
Reuters
Wal-Mart earnings beat expectations; Shares up, by Nathan Layne
Home Depot third-quarter sales beat amid U.S. housing recovery, by Nandita Bose and Sruthi Ramakrishnan
News about business journalism:
Crain’s Cleveland hires health care reporter
Auto reporter leaves Bloomberg for Audi
Crain’s New York hires Goldensohn
Crain’s Detroit hires Snell to cover politics/Detroit
Quartz hires Groskopf as reporter on Things team
Bittman joins Fast Company as online columnist
Quartz hires Griswold as a business reporter
International Biz Times hires Perton to oversee tech content
WSJ hires FT’s Mackintosh to cover markets
This date in business journalism history:
2008: The life of a business freelancer
2014: When a divorce becomes a business story
Business journalism birthdays:
Nov. 18: Jonathan Blum
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