Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot, by Tom Krisher
Thanks to consumers, US economy is rising steadily if slowly, by Martin Crutsinger
Bloomberg
Brexit Bite Pushes U.K. Consumer Confidence to Six-Year Low, by Eddie Spence
Victory in Electric Cars Depends on Recycling. So Far, China’s Winning, by Elisabeth Behrmann, Andrew Marc Noel, David Stringer
Axios
Tech companies vow to spend $90M to keep drivers independent contractors, by Orion Rummler
Disney sells YES Network to Yankees, Sinclair, Amazon, by Sara Fischer
Fortune
Countries Are Losing ‘Measles Free’ Designation and the U.S. Could Be Next: Brainstorm Health, by Sy Mukherjee
General Dynamics Wins $7.6 Billion Contract to Supply Microsoft Office Software to the Pentagon, by David Z. Morris
Reuters
Tesla hikes prices for Model 3, other cars in China amid weaker yuan, by Yilei Sun, Se Young Lee
Dell beats profit estimates on higher desktop sales; shares rise 9%, by Neha Malara
News about business journalism
Reuters hires Sanicola as an energy reporter
English departs from New York Post
Triad Biz Journal ME Moffett is departing
Why the media need to start covering the labor story
