Some of Thursday’s top business stories:
New York Times
Companies embrace low interest rates by selling bonds to raise billions, by David Gelles
Hilton Worldwide plans to raise $1.25B from IPO, by The Associated Press
Wall Street Journal
CEO pay more closely matches firms’ results, by Scott Thurm
For Michael Dell, saving his deal is just first step, by Shira Ovide
Bloomberg
How Wal-Mart’s Waltons maintain their billionaire fortune: taxes, by Zachary R. Mider
Emerging stocks seen overbought as jump spurs Brazil bull, by Ash Kumar, Maria Levitov and Julia Leite
Reuters
Insight: Trigger finger – Apple fires biometrics into the mainstream, by Jeremy Wagstaff and Malathi Nayak
Retailers discuss compensation for Bangladesh factory disasters, by Emma Thomasson
Bloomberg Businessweek
Where is Dick Fuld now? Finding Lehman Brothers’ last CEO, by Joshua Green
Lowe’s knows how badly you want that new washing machine, by Kyle Stock
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