Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Facebook: Accounts from Russia bought ads during election campaign, by Mary Clare Jalonick and Jake Pearson
Want to try before you buy? These online retailers let you, by Joseph Pisani
Bloomberg
Alarm didn’t ring at Waymo before Uber sued for theft, by Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Bergen
We may soon learn just how flexible Scott Gottlieb’s FDA is, by Max Nisen
Fortune
The tech bubble conversation is dead, by Erin Griffith
Blame Trump for surging gold prices, Goldman Sachs says, by Lucinda Shen
Reuters
Fed sees pickup in economic growth, but inflation remains muted, by Lindsay Dunsmuir
Madoff trustee recoups $687 million in biggest settlement since 2011, by Jonathan Stempel
News about business journalism
Judge dismisses libel suit against Techdirt
Money’s Clark joining EWA as assistant director
Cheddar launches new show called “Tech Drive”
Quartz now has 22 million monthly unique visitors
Business Insider’s Blodget: More engagement than growth
CNBC.com hires new tech reporter
Quartz launching new initiatives, seeking more ad dollars
Connecticut daily adds new kind of business reporter
This date in business journalism
2012: Watchdog financial journalism is nearly 200 years old
2007: Owner of business newspapers reports wider loss
Business journalism birthday
Sept. 7: Greg Zuckerman of Wall Street Journal
