Some of Wednesday’s top business stories:
Wall Street Journal
M.B.A. applications rebound, by Melissa Korn
Applied Materials to acquire Tokyo Electron, by Daisuke Wakabayashi, Kana Inagaki and Don Clark
Bloomberg
Amazon unveils faster Kindle Fires to take on Apple, by Danielle Kucera
Youth for hire find internships prove preferred process, by Victoria Stilwell
Reuters
Obamacare’s average monthly cost across U.S.: $328, by Caroline Humer
Insight: Wal-Mart’s ‘Made in America’ drive follows suppliers’ lead, by Jessica Wohl and James B. Kelleher
CNNMoney
How income inequality hurts America, by Steve Hargreaves
What killed BlackBerry: Terrible apps, by Adrian Covert
Fortune
Inside Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX, by JP Mangalindan
Today in business journalism
New publisher for Hawaii Business magazine
Refocusing coverage in an age of new media
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CNBC anchor uses slur against Indians
High-speed traders’ advantages
This date in business journalism history
2009: The decision to charge for online business news at the WSJ
2010: “Nightly Business Report” introduces a cartoon segment
