Sunday, July 31, 2016

Uber and Rival Didi Chuxing to Combine in China


By MIKE ISAAC via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aaI5ob

Why Monthly Auto Sales Numbers May Not Be What They Seem


By BILL VLASIC and NEAL E. BOUDETTE via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aHrIkh

Clinton? Trump? Either Way, Count on Deficit Spending to Rise


By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aUP2a3

Dave Schwartz, 63, Dies; Was Weather Channel Meteorologist


By WILLIAM McDONALD via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ak7Tvh

Theranos Damage Control, Tesla Earnings and the Jobs Report


By THE NEW YORK TIMES via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aomsiN

Z57 has no complaints: August 1, 2016


Wikipedia picture of the day on August 1, 2016: Flower of an Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). http://ift.tt/2aBlmzV

What’s Next at Fox News, With Ailes Out and Murdoch In?


By JIM RUTENBERG via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aJmBN7

A Face for Wild Turkey? This Actor Writes the Ads, Too


By BROOKS BARNES via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aFiUJM

Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of Aug. 1


By Unknown Author via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aUyDCt

Publicis Ad Executive Sidelined by Gender Diversity Comments


By SYDNEY EMBER via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aCHGdX

'You Need to Instill Some Confidence'


By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aC27Ie

Chinese Group to Pay $4.4 Billion for Caesars’ Mobile Games


By PAUL MOZUR via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aE7Pc6

Saturday, July 30, 2016

HBO Gives ‘Game of Thrones’ an End Date, and Resurrects ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’


By JOHN KOBLIN via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2alA1ME

Z57 has no complaints: July 31, 2016


Wikipedia picture of the day on July 31, 2016: Panoramic view northwards from Grießenkareck mountain near Wagrain, federal state of Salzburg http://ift.tt/2aoRp4i

Research and the Corporation


By Unknown Author via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2al5wq4

Chickens Uncaged


By Unknown Author via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aGFnER

Where a Suitcase Full of Cash Won’t Buy You Lunch


By GLORIA DAWSON via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2apqVPV

Back-Stabbing and Threats of a ‘Suicide Parachute’ at Hershey


By DAVID SEGAL via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aEK9p7

Yahoo and the Online Universe According to Verizon


By DAVID GELLES via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aEcAn4

Friday, July 29, 2016

Tesla Faults Brakes, but Not Autopilot, in Fatal Crash


By NEAL E. BOUDETTE via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aQLIgh

Z57 has no complaints: July 30, 2016


Wikipedia picture of the day on July 30, 2016: Chalkhill blue butterflies (Polyommatus coridon) mating at Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire http://ift.tt/2andhiS

Stress Tests Find Some Big European Banks Wanting


By CHAD BRAY via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ancOgX

Sumner Redstone’s Busy October: 3 Cases in 3 Courts in 3 States


By EMILY STEEL via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ajFcN1

Yahoo’s Sale to Verizon Leaves Shareholders With Little Say


By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2afW3T3

Next Step in TXU Bankruptcy Is Up to the Courts and Regulators


By ROBERT CYRAN via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2amMeUU

How Valeant Cashed In Twice on Higher Drug Prices


By GRETCHEN MORGENSON via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aQ2psi

Gloomy Days in the Oil Patch, but Some See a Glimmer of Light


By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and STANLEY REED via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2afiNCr

Paula Kerger of PBS: Find the Courage to Take a Terrifying Leap


By ADAM BRYANT via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aPIWb7

A Union Power Broker in an Age of Insurgencies


By NOAM SCHEIBER via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2a58Jiw

Here’s What You’re Missing at the Museum of Ice Cream


By KATIE ROGERS via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2af91Ay

Wall St. Drops as Energy Sector Slumps


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2atTHm5

Chinese Regulators Approve Anheuser-Busch InBev-SABMiller Merger


By CHAD BRAY via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aiy2Zi

U.S. Economy Grew at 1.2% Rate in Second Quarter


By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2atIj9L

Bank of Japan Resists Strong Medicine for Stimulus


By JONATHAN SOBLE via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2agMsKO

Terrorism Scares Away the Tourists Europe Was Counting On


By LIZ ALDERMAN via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2a99EtR

Barclays Profit Down as It Accelerates Plans to Close Some Business


By CHAD BRAY via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aOSKSH

UBS Profit Slipped 14% in Second Quarter but Beat Estimates


By CHAD BRAY via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aCPBWK

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Z57 has no complaints: July 29, 2016


Wikipedia picture of the day on July 29, 2016: Tallinn Seaplane Harbour and aeroplane hangars and icebreaker Suur Tõll. http://ift.tt/2a8bL0H

Trial on Sumner Redstone’s Mental Competence Set for October


By EMILY STEEL via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aASB96

Once Again, an Oracle Deal Benefits Ellison


By ROBERT CYRAN via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2azrOdG

French O.K. Plan to Build Hinkley Point Nuclear Plant in England


By STANLEY REED via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aenX0H

Hedge Fund Calls New York Times Article a ‘Distortion’


By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aNfsdU

Jack Davis, Illustrator Known for Mad Magazine, Dies at 91


By KAREN ZRAICK via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2azXsqQ

Peek, a Tourism Start-Up, Raises $10 Million From Investors


By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ayVKGJ

Vox Media Fills Long-Vacant Publisher’s Job


By SYDNEY EMBER via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aermlk

Wall St. Wavers in Early Trading


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ag4XxQ

Oracle to Acquire NetSuite for $9.3 Billion


By LESLIE PICKER via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2acmadG

New York Times Co. Reports a Loss, and a Fall in Digital Ad Revenue


By SYDNEY EMBER via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2aAjLtF

Volkswagen, Slowed by Diesel Scandal, Sees Sales and Profit Rebound


By JACK EWING via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ay89e6

China to Officially Make Ride-Hailing Legal


By PAUL MOZUR via NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2asA0tk