Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Several car owners slam VW emissions deal, by Sudhin Thanawala
A surprisingly high number of first-timers are now buying homes, by Josh Boak
Fortune
Wells Fargo’s former CEO may have been warned about phony accounts in 2007, by Lucinda Shen
The real reason why Caterpillar’s Doug Oberhelman is leaving, by Geoffrey Colvin
MarketWatch.com
Hacked emails show how Coca-Cola fights the soda tax at local and global levels, by Emma Court
Why Goldman’s “Apple Prime” idea is a tasty proposal for shareholders, by Victor Reklaitis
Reuters
Intel’s results beat estimates; forecast disappoints, by Rishika Sadam and Nayyar Rasheed
Asian shares firm, betting China won’t disappoint, by Wayne Cole
News about business journalism
Dow Jones to union: Expect restructuring soon
Biz journalist Velshi joining MSNBC
Business Insider is most engaged biz news site on Facebook
New York editor Ruth leaves Xconomy
MLex hires Coelho to cover financial regulation in London
How TechCrunch uses Facebook Messenger to boost its audience
How Rebecca Jarvis got her start in business journalism
Money.net hires Pearlstine to start news service to compete with Bloomberg
The date in business journalism
2011: All Thing D’s Swisher in hospital after stroke
2006: FT to launch live markets blog
Business journalism birthday
Oct. 19: Mary Catherine Wellons of CNBC
Oct. 19: Conor Dougherty of the New York Times
Oct. 19: Carol Hymowitz of Bloomberg News
