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Talking Biz News Today – Oct. 2, 2015

October 2, 2015

Posted by Lauren Thomas

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

The Wall Street Journal

Labor Day deals boost September auto sales, by Anne Steele and Jeff Bennett

New United Continental boss starts tenure with apology, by Susan Carey  

Quartz

Soon Amazon won’t let you buy an Apple TV or Google Chromecast, by Adam Epstein 

Not everyone’s on board with Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s permanent CEO, by Alice Truong

Bloomberg

Why America’s oil output refuses to collapse, by Dan Murtaugh and David Wethe

We just got the perfect snapshot of the global economy, by Joe Weisenthal 

The Street

Under Armour turns to 73-year-old sports icon to sponsor new line, by Brian Sozzi

Wayback Burgers may be the next burger chain to go public, by Rhonda Schaffler

Reuters

VW says emission scandal investigations to take months, by Andreas Cremer

Fed’s Williams repeats call for rate hike ‘sometime’ in 2015, by Ann Saphir

News about business journalism:

Greenwood named editor of Houston Business Journal

Bloomberg Media CEO not sold on delivery platforms

Reuters names NABJ fellows

Quartz sets traffic record in September

TheStreet.com CFO resigns

Tyrangiel was tireless, played instrumental role in growing Bloomberg audience

Pollock named editor of Bloomberg Businessweek

Tyrangiel leaving Bloomberg, Businessweek

This date in business journalism history:

2006: Has financial media declared war on America?

2008: Business journalism is not ending, it’s just changing

Business journalism birthdays:

Oct. 2: Susan Heavey with Reuters

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