Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Chemical plant explosion thrusts Arkema into spotlight, by Damian J. Troise
U.S. stocks jump after report of stronger consumer spending, by Marley Jay
Bloomberg
Harvey pushed this Texas wind farm to the max, by Brian Eckhouse
Kushners’ China deal flop was a much bigger hunt for cash, by David Kocieniewski and Caleb Melby
Fortune
Stocks hit hard by Hollywood’s lousy summer, by Tom Huddleston Jr.
Hurricane Harvey is pushing gas prices higher across the U.S., by Kirsten Korosec
Reuters
Cash flowing again from Fed’s flood-threatened Houston branch, by Jonathan Spicer and Ann Saphir
Vanguard withheld support for key Wells Fargo directors, by Ross Kerber
News about business journalism
What it’s like to cover the meatpacking industry
Las Vegas daily promotes Raz to assistant biz editor
NY Times hires WSJ’s Zhong as China tech reporter
Zalatimo of Forbes on the future of video
Reuters Breakingviews hires Beddor as China correspondent
Missouri biz publication names new editor, new director of content
This date in business journalism
2012: Wired terminates relationship with Lehrer
2007: Business magazines for small business owners
Business journalism birthdays
Sept. 1: Suzanne Vranica of The Wall Street Journal
Sept. 1: Ken Sweet of the Associated Press
