Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
U.S. stocks inch higher on hopes for more oil deals, by Marley Jay
European proposal to ban American lobsters to move forward, by David Sharp
Bloomberg
“Most hated man in sports” tries to get viewers to love Fox, by Lucas Shaw
First factories, now services signal cracks in U.S. economy, by Sho Chandra
MarketWatch.com
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square takes big stake in Chipotle, by Sue Chang
Clouds gathering on U.S. economy? ISM survey seems to say so, by Jeffrey Bartash
Reuters
Fed policymakers defend role of private bankers at central bank, by Jason Lange
Enbridge buying Spectra in $28 billion deal, by Richa Naidu and Sweta Singh
News about business journalism
FT begins posting content on message app Line
Enrich named financial enterprise editor at WSJ
Politico hires energy and financial service reporters from Bloomberg
The date in business journalism
2011: WSJ page one editor Freedman leaving for Reuters
2006: New Detroit biz mag to focus on behind the scenes
Business journalism birthday
Sept. 7: Greg Zuckerman of Wall Street Journal
