Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Survey: US business hiring falls to a 7-year low, by Christopher Rugaber
Reports: LVMH seeking to buy luxury jeweler Tiffany
Fortune
In Vino Veritas: The U.S. Market for French and Italian Wines Is Getting Turned Upside Down, by Eric J. Lyman
Mastercard Moves Beyond Plastic With New Bets in Healthcare, Supply Chain and Fintech, by Rey Mashayekhi
CNN
Three rate cuts in a row? Investors hope it’s true, by Julia Horowitz
The Model Y could be a game changer for Tesla, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft’s Challenge of Amazon in the Cloud Gains Force, by Aaron Tilley
Beijing Woos U.S. and Other Foreign Companies as Trade War Takes Toll, by Yoko Kubota, Chao Deng, Lingling Wei
Reuters
Investors brace for poor U.S. shale earnings amid weak oil and gas prices, by Liz Hampton
Prologis to buy warehouse rival Liberty in $12.6 billion deal, by Lawrence Delevingne
News about business journalism
Fortune CEO Murray: The facts do matter
Wall Street Journal corp team taps nine for new positions
Pearl promoted to Adweek senior writer and ME for Brandweek
Ortiz promoted to senior editor at Adweek
Morris becomes tech deals reporter at Business Insider
Forbes hires editors to oversee small biz, CIO and CFO sections