Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs, by Christopher Rugaber
JC Penney closing 154 stores in first post-bankruptcy phase, by Joseph Pisani
CNN
Thousands of people are volunteering to be laid off, by Chris Isidore
Slack is teaming up with Amazon, by Rishi Iyengar
The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk Calls for Amazon Breakup in Latest Spat With Jeff Bezos, by Tim Higgins
Las Vegas Casinos Reopen With Social Distancing, Sinks by Slot Machines, by Katherine Sayre
CNBC
Gap’s sales fall 43% as retailer takes hit from coronavirus pandemic; shares dive, by Lauren Thomas
AstraZeneca is aiming to produce 2 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine — and it could be ready by September, by Lucy Handley
Reuters
Global airlines add flights; U.S. carriers target the great outdoors, by Tracy Rucinski
Ocean shipping shrinks as pandemic pummels retailers, by Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein, Sonya Dowsett
News about business journalism
Quartz CEO to staff: We need to improve diversity, equality and inclusion
Money hires Sharf as real estate editor
