Talking Biz News Today — May 9, 2014

Some of Friday’s top stories: The New York Times Off the record in a chat app? Don’t be sure, by Jenna Wortham At odds, Omnicom and Publicis end merger, by David Gelles The Wall Street Journal Apple in talks to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, by Ethan Smith, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Hannah Karp Where […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 8, 2014

Some of Thursday’s top business stories: The Wall Street Journal Web shoppers beware: FedEx to charge by package size, by Laura Stevens China scraps price caps on low-cost drugs, by Laurie Burkitt The Associated Press Health insurers just say no to marijuana coverage, by Tom Murphy Toyota chalks up record profit, vehicle sales, by Yuri […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 7, 2014

Some of Wednesday’s top business stories: The Wall Street Journal Alibaba files IPO in the U.S., by Juro Osawa, Telis Demos and Rolfe Winkler Duke CEO Lynn Good addresses coal-ash spill, by Valerie Bauerlein The New York Times The unlikely ascent of Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, by Neil Gough and Alexandra Stevenson Yellen describes a […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 6, 2014

Some of Tuesday’s top business stories: The NY Times High-tech push has board games rolling again, by Nick Wingfield Hedge fund moguls’ pay has the 1% looking up, by Alexandra Stevenson The Wall Street Journal Target’s problem: Tar-zhay isn’t working, by Paul Ziobro, Monica Langley and Joann S. Lublin Bayer to buy Merck’s consumer business […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 5, 2014

Some of Monday’s top business stories: The Wall Street Journal Pfizer reports lower earnings, revenue, by Ben Fox Rubin The NY Times Target’s chief resigns in wake of data breach, by Elizabeth A. Harris Kiev struggles to break Russia’s grip on gas flow, by Andrew Higgins The Associated Press Powerade drops controversial ingredient, by Candice […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 2, 2014

Some of Friday’s top business news stories: The New York Times G.M. is in settlement talks over recalled cars, by Hilary Stout News Corp. to acquire Harlequin Enterprises, by Ian Austen Report shows resurgence of hiring but has downbeat notes, by Nelson D. Schwartz The Wall Street Journal AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer bid, by Hester Plumridge, […]

Talking Biz News Today — May 1, 2014

Some of Thursday’s top business stories: The New York Times Facebook to let users limit data revealed by log-ins, by Vindu Goel A ghost town, going green, by Diane Cardwell The Wall Street Journal How you will be part of Comcast’s Wi-Fi network – and maybe a wireless service, by Ryan Knutson Reuters Ford CEO […]

Talking Biz News Today — April 30, 2014

Some of Wednesday’s top business stories: The NY Times U.S. economy barely grew in the first quarter, by Nelson D. Schwartz The Wall Street Journal In drug mergers, there’s one sure bet: the layoffs, by Peter Loftus, Marta Falconi and Hester Plumridge Bloomberg GE bids $17 billion for Alstom Energy to preempt Siemens, by Francois […]

Talking Biz News Today — April 29, 2014

Some of Tuesday’s top business stories: The NY Times Bank of America’s bad accounting, by Floyd Norris In victory for Obama, court backs rules for coal pollution, by Coral Davenport The Wall Street Journal Target names new chief info officer following data breach, by Lauren Pollock Reuters EBay’s results top Wall Street targets but outlook […]

Talking Biz News Today — April 28, 2014

Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The New York Times Recovery has created far more low-wage jobs than better-paid ones, by Annie Lowrey One therapist, $4 million in 2012 Medicare billing, by Julie Creswell and Robert Gebeloff The Wall Street Journal Pfizer confirms AstraZeneca approach, by Dana Cimilluca, Jonathan D. Rockoff and Hester Plumridge […]