Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Tesla opens ‘Gigafactory’ near Berlin, its 1st in Europe
US agrees to lift taxes on British steel, aluminum
CNN
Energy markets are changing in big ways, by Charles Riley
Okta concedes hundreds of clients could be affected by breach, by Sean Lyngaas
The Wall Street Journal
Nvidia Targets Auto Growth Amid Chip Shortage, by Asa Fitch
Koch Industries, Built on Oil, Bets Big on U.S. Batteries, by Amrith Ramkumar
CNBC
Nike sees signs of recovery in China, which could be a good omen for other retailers, by Lauren Thomas
Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1.5 billion, the largest debut fund ever by a female VC, by Kate Rooney
Reuters
Fed policymakers call for bigger rate hikes to fight inflation, by Lindsay Dunsmuir, Ann Saphir
Disney employees stage walkouts to protest company response to Florida bill, by Lisa Richwine, Dawn Chmielewski
News about business journalism
Wiggers departs VentureBeat for TechCrunch
Bloomberg Industry hires Serrano-Román to cover state tax policy
Axios hires Dale to cover crypto
Bourne to join The Times’ business section
Financial Times appoints Smith newsletter editor
Reuters hires do Rosario as emerging markets correspondent
CoinDesk hires Schickler to cover European regulation
Da Silva to join Globe and Mail’s business desk
Observer biz reporter Simonetti departs for NY Times fellowship
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…