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Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 16, 2015

October 16, 2015

Posted by Lauren Thomas

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Payments startup Square discloses IPO plans, by Greg Bensinger

Volkswagen suspends another top engineer; Berlin orders recall, by William Boston and Monica Houston-Waesch

Quartz

This is how incredibly expensive US eggs are right now, by David Yanofsky

Burberry’s China worries are its shareholders’ worries, too, by Melvin Backman

Bloomberg

Prepare for the great moderation in U.S. job growth, by Luke Kawa 

Can Michael Jordan sell sneakers to women? Nike hopes he can, by Matthew Townsend and Scott Soshnick

Reuters

Goldman profit plunges as market turmoil hits bond trading, by Richa Naidu and Olivia Oran

Gasoline weighs on U.S. consumer prices, but inflation set to rise, by Lucia Mutikani

The New York Times

Fantasy sports said to attract F.B.I scrutiny, by Joe Drape and Jacqueline Williams 

Valeant under investigation for its drug pricing practices, by Andrew Pollack

News about business journalism:

The FT and Paywall 2.0

CNBC’s Leno show drops 25 percent in second week

Bloomberg Markets to cut issues, editor Henkoff leaving

How the WSJ creates mobile-friendly interactives

Lang joining Bloomberg TV Canada

Dueling business magazines in Fort Worth

This date in business journalism history:

2007: Bad summer for business magazines

2009: The evolution of Bloomberg TV

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 16: Neal Lipschutz with The Wall Street Journal

Oct. 16: Edmund Lee with Re/code

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