Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president, by Julie Pace
Report on Uber crash questions testing of self-driving cars, by Tom Krisher
Fortune
How Smart Cities and Homes Will Take China Into the Future
Project Starling Uses Blockchain to Ensure We Never Forget, by Eamon Barrett
CNN
Netflix hopes to fend off streaming threat from Disney and Apple, by Paul R. La Monica
America is now the world’s top oil producer, but cracks are emerging, by John Defterios
CNBC
Gap shares tumble after CEO Art Peck steps down and retailer issues weak forecast, by Lauren Thomas, Christina Cheddar Berk
Sears owner gets $250 million lifeline, says it will shut 96 more stores—Here’s where they are, by Lauren Thomas
Reuters
Exclusive: Alibaba planning launch of $15 billion HK listing for last week of November – sources, by Scott Murdoch
U.S. Justice Department issues subpoenas to automakers in California emissions probe, by David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Canadian Press hires Hopwood as business editor
WSJ starts newsletter on business and finance issues related to 2020 election
Laughlin returning to Breakingviews
Martin to lead Bloomberg’s coverage of IMF and World Bank
