Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US economy grew at 2.3% rate in Q3, up from earlier estimate, by Martin Crutsinger
White House downplays Secret Service estimate of COVID fraud, by Jennifer McDermott
CNN
Buy now, pay later is a huge hit with shoppers. Just how dangerous is it?, by Anna Cooban
Omicron slams into American businesses: ‘We’ve taken a big nose dive’, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Web Services Suffers Another Outage, by Omar Abdel-Baqui, Aaron Tilley
In Louisville, Hub of E-Commerce, Businesses Duel for Workers, by Gabriel T. Rubin
CNBC
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid treatment pill, the first oral antiviral drug cleared during the pandemic, by Spencer Kimball
Some Americans may receive more stimulus money this tax season, by Lorie Konish
Reuters
U.S. weapons exports decreased 21% to $138.2 billion in fiscal 2021, by Mike Stone
Holcim to buy U.S. Malarkey Roofing Products in $1.35 bln deal
News about business journalism
Nikkei-Columbia scholarship goes to Magtulis
The Fortune cover that may lead to a guilty verdict
Seeking Alpha to end third-party ads on site
Washington Biz Journal reporter Cordell departing
O’Brien swaps City A.M. for Sifted
Reuters senior oil and gas correspondent Jaganathan departing
Skolimowski named Warsaw bureau chief for Bloomberg
Bloomberg hires Nicolle to write about crypto
WSJ reporter Copeland takes on Texas business beat
Politico hires Miller to cover cybersecurity
