Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
The Wall Street Journal
Alcoa to split as aluminum glut pressures prices, by John W. Miller
Google tries to make its cars drive more like humans, by Alistair Barr and Mike Ramsey
Quartz
Mining giant Glencore’s shares just got Volkswagen’d, by Melvin Backman
NASA finds its “strongest evidence yet” that water flows on Mars, by Akshat Rathi
Bloomberg
Why Shell quit drilling in the arctic, by Paul Barrett
The more Yellen talks up inflation, the less traders believe her, by Alexandra Scaggs and Daniel Kruger
Reuters
Apple reports record sales of iPhone 6s, 6s Plus in first weekend, by Julia Love
JetBlue expands U.S.-Cuba service ahead of expected travel opening, by Daniel Trotta
The Associated Press
US consumer spending up 0.4 percent in August, by Marin Crutsinger
Shell move dims oil prospects, delights environmentalists, by Dan Joling and Jonathan Fahey
News about business journalism:
The FT and its future under Nikkei
Don’t expect sponsors of NY Times biz content
AP, Star Tribune and Palm Beach Post win Barlett & Steele
FT journalists ask Nikkei to guarantee independence
LA Times hires Koren as banking/finance reporter
Bloomberg’s Rubin leaving for WSJ
Bloomberg names new First Word executive editor
Bloomberg’s Armstrong leaving for Stat
This date in business journalism history:
2014: The elevator pitch as business journalism
2008: Time to call a crash a crash
Business journalism birthdays:
Sept. 29: Peter Grant with The Wall Street Journal
Sept. 29: Steve Lohr with The New York Times
