Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Fed keeps key rate near zero, sees inflation as ‘transitory’, by Christopher Rugaber
Apple profit soars in latest quarter on higher iPhone sales
CNN
Amazon plans to raise wages for 500,000 workers, by Clare Duffy
Ford posts strong earnings but warns chip shortage will get worse before it gets better, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Verizon Explores Sale of Media Assets, Including Parts of Yahoo and AOL, by Benjamin Mullin, Miriam Gottfried
Facebook’s Ad Business Drives Surge in Revenue, Following Google’s Act, by Sarah E. Needleman
CNBC
Senate votes to restore Obama-era regulation of methane, a climate-warming gas, by Emma Newburger
Delta to resume hiring pilots in June as travel demand recovers, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
U.S. solar industry unveils guidelines to free supply chain of forced labor, by Nichola Groom
China and home cooks help Unilever top forecasts, by Siddharth Cavale
News about business journalism
Time has launched a business website
Verizon looking to sell media business, including TechCrunch and Yahoo Finance
Forbes hires Brady as AME of communities and leadership
How a Wall Street law firm threatened two business journalists
Guardian reporter Wong leaves tech beat
