Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
GE to end its run as a conglomerate, split into 3 companies, by Michelle Chapman
Rare Starbucks union vote set to begin in Buffalo, by Dee-Ann Durbin, Carolyn Thompson
CNN
Americans have never been in so much debt, by Anneken Tappe
Facebook-parent Meta will remove the ability to target ads based on sensitive categories, by Clare Duffy
The Wall Street Journal
Rivian Prices Shares at $78 in Highly Anticipated IPO, by Corrie Driebusch
Judge Rejects Apple’s Request to Delay App Store Order, by Tim Higgins
CNBC
Panera Bread announces SPAC investment, will return to the public markets through an IPO, by Amelia Lucas
Labor union representing TSA and other federal workers urges White House to postpone vaccine deadline until 2022, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
U.S. airlines and Amazon join push to reduce aircraft emissions, by David Shepardson
EXCLUSIVE Global carmakers now target $515 billion for EVs, batteries, by Paul Lienert, Tina Bellon
News about business journalism
Bloomberg Law’s Wheeler begins “Opening Argument” column
La Roche leaves Yahoo Finance for You.com
Wirecutter staffer Heinonen set to depart
BBC taps McCallum as technology reporter
Digiday hires Shields as senior reporter, advertising technology
Matsuda joins The Block as fintech reporter
Schiffer departs The Verge for NBC tech investigations team
Reuters hires El Safty to cover Middle East commodities
Morales leaves MarketWatch.com for CNN+
Angell to cover entrepreneurs for Inc.
Bloomberg hires Gyftopoulou to cover asset management
Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Lindquist as retail, restaurants and arts reporter