Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Fed officials see earlier rate hikes as US hiring recovers, by Christopher Rugaber
Unionized Starbucks workers walk out, citing health concerns
CNN
Stellantis, Jeep’s parent company, is teaming up with Amazon, by Peter Valdes-Dapena
This key jobs report for December just dwarfed expectations, by Anneken Tappe
The Wall Street Journal
Airlines Cancel More Than 1,000 Flights for 11th Straight Day, by Joseph De Avila
Auto Makers Supercharge Move Into Electric Vehicles, by Mike Colias, Nick Kostov, Peter Landers
CNBC
Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement over at-home Mirror gym and fitness apps, by Lauren Thomas
Omicron variant likely to fuel inflation, as Americans keep shopping rather than dining out and traveling, retail trade group economist says, by Melissa Repko
Reuters
Hawkish Fed signals it may have to raise rates sooner to fight inflation, by Howard Schneider, Jonnelle Marte
Walmart halves paid leave for COVID-positive workers, by Siddharth Cavale, Richa Naidu
News about business journalism
Business Insider reporter Cheng departs for new opportunity
Fox Business personal finance articles promote Fox Corp. subsidiary
Yahoo Finance hires Smith as anchor and reporter
Bloomberg names Verma senior editor for US markets
Insider hires Wired’s Rogers to be senior tech correspondent
CNBC names Nash as ME for Cramer’s Investing Club
Tech news site Protocol expanding with 25 new positions
Reuters taps El Dahan as Middle East chief energy correspondent
Insider appoints Baer editor-at-large
Sirtori-Cortina joins consumer team at Bloomberg
Reuters hires Edwards as energy correspondent
Ramnarayan departs Reuters for Bloomberg
Barbuscia named US investment correspondent at Reuters
Tribal Biz News editor Capriccioso leaves for Substack
Quad-City Times biz reporter Smith set to leave
WSJ podcast producer Novetsky joins NY Times’ “The Daily”
Bloomberg hires FT’s Manson to cover cybersecurity
Scherzer departs Yahoo Finance for Citigroup Global Wealth
Globe and Mail hires Alini as personal finance reporter
Forbes hires Ivry as executive editor of enterprise
CoinDesk hires Reynolds for Asia
The Information hires Mazzilli as NY-based editor
WSJ names Raice its deputy bureau chief for Middle East and North Africa
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