Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
5 things to watch on the economic calendar, by Anna Louie Sussman
AT&T and Verizon plot different strategies to develop video business, by Thomas Gryta
TheStreet
IBM, Yahoo!, Chipotle and McDonald’s part of heavy earnings slate, by U-Jin Lee
Steve Ballmer buys stake in Twitter, stock pops, by Steve Zuckerman
Quartz
The pay disparity of the Cubs and the Mets’ rosters, by David Yanofsky
Theaters are boycotting Netflix’s first feature film, which is great for Netflix, by Matthew Jordan
Reuters
September housing data eyed after August disappointed, by Sinead Carew
United Continental remains silent on CEO’s medical condition, by Letitia Stein
Bloomberg
Sony leads U.S. box office with Jack Black ‘Goosebumps’ revival, by Anousha Sakoui
China’s economy may be even bigger than you think, by Malcolm Scott
News about business journalism:
CNN hires Giokos as business correspondent
Editor Kelly resigns at Compliance Week
FT’s new owners promise editorial independence
Russians hacked Dow Jones to get information for trading
Soller, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek Etc. section, leaving
Bloomberg on running Bloomberg
This date in business journalism history:
2008: Cramer’s difficulties in a turbulent market
2011: How a mistake makes it into the business section
Business journalism birthdays:
Oct. 19: Carol Hymowitz with Bloomberg
