Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon takes the #1 spot on the Fortune 500, ending Walmart's 13-year run (Fortune)
• Loblaw misses quarterly revenue estimates as Canadians tighten household budgets (Globe and Mail)
• Made in Canada: Snack attack (Globe and Mail)
• Keurig Dr Pepper sales rise on higher prices (WSJ)
• Home Depot profit falls as home improvement downturn continues (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Pumpkin spice lattes, a U.S. fall favourite, divides Europe (NYT)
• Going down the junk food rabbit hole (NYT)
• Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 corporate workers (WSJ)
• Keurig Dr Pepper turns to private capital to back $18 billion deal (WSJ)
• Oxford Properties, RioCan in showdown over future of Bay store at Toronto's Yorkdale mall (Globe and Mail)