Some of Wednesday’s top stories:
The New York Times
Federal Reserve plans next phase as end to stimulus program is expected, by Binyamin Appelbaum
Facebook to spend billions on future, by Vindu Goel
The Wall Street Journal
Grand central: Fed critics have been wrong about QE’s most ill effects, by The Wall Street Journal’s Central Banks team
Business PAC dollars move to GOP Senate candidates in key races, by Rebecca Ballhaus, Amy Harder and Brody Mullins
U.S. earnings reassure investors but growth lags, by Theo Francis
Reuters
Exclusive: SEC probing private equity performance figures – sources, by Greg Roumeliotis
French drugmaker Sanofi sacks CEO Viehbacher, by Natalie Huet and Noëlle Mennella
Bloomberg News
New tax rules won’t stop Pfizer from bidding U.S. goodbye, by Cynthia Koons
NASA vows to continue commercial rocket program after explosion, by Alan Levin
Buzzfeed Business
Cash-rich Asian companies are looking to pour money into Hollywood, by Peter Lauria
Business Insider
There it goes again — Russian Ruble falls to new record lows, by Tomas Hirst
Today in business journalism
Greenspun Media launching construction magazine
The intersection of political and business reporting gains prominence
WaPo’s Pearlstein didn’t intend to disparage TheStreet’s Feuerstein
Lou Dobbs of Fox Business is not a coffee snob
Reuters hires reporter in Chicago
This date in business journalism history
2006: Columnist: CNBC and WSJ miss what’s going on with housing
2009: Details of Forbes layoffs emerging
Business journalism birthdays
Oct. 29: Ali Velshi of Al Jazeera America
Oct. 29: Ellen Byron of The Wall Street Journal
Oct. 29: Andy Fixmer of Mashable
