Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Business Highlights: Social media’s slump, retirement woes
Stocks climb as Fed minutes show determination on rates, by Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga
CNN
Twitter agrees to pay millions in fines after US government alleges privacy violations, by Brian Fung
Apple boosts starting pay for US workers to $22 per hour
The Wall Street Journal
Broadcom to Buy VMware for $61 Billion, by Dean Seal
Elon Musk Plans to Rely More Heavily on Equity for Twitter Deal, by Rebecca Elliott and Meghan Bobrowsky
CNBC
Vaccines offer little protection against long Covid, study finds, by Kaitlin Sullivan
Mortgage demand slides further, even as interest rates pull back slightly, by Diana Olick
Reuters
Britain launches second probe into Google’s ad practices
Dollar General raises sales forecast as Americans turn to cheaper shopping
News about business journalism:
Augustin joins Globe and Mail as audience growth editor
Adinolfi returns to MarketWatch.com
Gardner to join Bloomberg’s White House team
Washington Post hires O’Donovan to cover Amazon, Microsoft
Morning Brew’s B2B email newsletters hit 1 million subscribers
Tribune hires Crain’s Chicago’s Quig to cover Cook County government
What’s behind Bloomberg’s strategy in Great Britain
Tindera swaps Forbes for the Financial Times
Munbodh named deputy editor of “Money Mentor” at Times of London
