Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Amazon courts food shoppers, by Mae Anderson
Twitter cuts staff, kills off Vine app amid pressure to grow, by Barbara Ortutay
Fortune
Senators are now calling for clawbacks when executives do a bad job, by Lucinda Shen
The Senate just invited the wrong CEO to an AT&T merger hearing, by Jeff John Roberts
MarketWatch.com
LinkedIn’s growth is decelerating fast, by Jay Greene
Apple’s underwhelming Mac event was lacking in innovation, by Therese Poletti
Reuters
Qualcomm to buy NXP for $38 billion in biggest chip merger, by Narottam Medhora and Supantha Mukherjee
Dollar, bond yields rise on enhanced Fed rate hike prospects, by Shinichi Saoshiro
News about business journalism
Economist launches U.S. ad campaign
Personal finance editor Kiplinger to depart USA Today
The date in business journalism
2011: A biz editor getting into the Halloween spirit
2006: Minneapolis paper brings back stock listings for Saturday
Business journalism birthday
Oct. 28: Gail MarksJarvis of the Chicago Tribune