Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Miami’s crypto craze on full display at bitcoin conference, by Adriana Gomez Licon
Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do, by Josh Boak, Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian
CNN
Inflation is a bigger threat to some Americans. Here’s why, by Anneken Tappe
Virtual meetings are here to stay. Microsoft wants to make them better, by Samantha Murphy Kelly
The Wall Street Journal
Instacart Faces Turbulence After Pandemic Boom in Grocery Delivery, by Jaewon Kang, Preetika Rana and Corrie Driebusch
Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment Raises New Regulatory Red Flag, by Dave Michaels
CNBC
UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE, by
Karen Gilchrist
JetBlue is willing to shell out $3.6 billion for discount airline Spirit because it wants to take on bigger carriers, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
Big Oil to tell Congress markets, not companies, set fuel prices-testimony, by Timothy Gardner, David Shepardson and Liz Hampton
Wall St set to fall on rate hike jitters; Fed minutes eyed, by Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam
News about business journalism:
NY Times hires two new tech reporters
Page hired by The Economist as Asia diplomatic editor
MarketWatch founder Kramer to receive SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award
Louisville Public Media hires Munoz as biz and development reporter
Bloomberg reporter Light departs for new opportunity
Whittock joins Deadline as international TV co-editor
Yanchunas named staff editor for Soundings Trade
Politico hires Lum to cover politics and energy policy
Yahoo Finance producer Lombardo departs
Washington Post names Somashekhar to run health, food and climate biz news team
Axelrod joins Bloomberg Government to report on government contracts
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, a tireless journalist we once described as a founding father…
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Monday: Before this year comes to…
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I'm excited to share…
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…