Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
EU court: Google must delete inaccurate search info if asked, by Kelvin Chan
FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69B merger, by Matt O’Brien
CNN
Former employees suing Twitter speak out on Elon Musk’s ‘clumsy and inhumane’ layoffs, by Clare Duffy
US gas prices are now cheaper than they were a year ago, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Costco Sales Growth Cools as Consumers Shift Discretionary Spending, by Sarah Nassauer and Sabela Ojea
Auto Dealers Gird for Softening Demand Amid Higher Rates, Uncertain Outlook, by Nora Eckert and Mike Colias
CNBC
Paramount shares fall as CEO lowers fourth-quarter ad revenue forecast, by Lillian Rizzo and Sarah Whitten
360,000 student loan borrowers received $24 billion in forgiveness from fix to Public Service Loan Forgiveness, by Annie Nova
Reuters
Amazon to roll out TikTok-like shopping experience in social commerce push
Exclusive: Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements –email, by Sheila Dang
News about business journalism:
Longtime Bloomberg staffer Coates leaving after 34 years
HousingWire parent buys real estate data company
The Information hires three for finance desk
Rest of World hires Adeleke as Africa editor
Punit and Yar promoted to deputy editor roles at Rest of World
WSJ hires Naks as a video journalist in London
Rest of World hires Brandom as US tech editor
Megan Douglass has been named deputy social strategy editor at The Wall Street Journal. Douglass previously…
Business Insider's Louise Ridley is joining The Female Lead, the women's empowerment charity founded by Tesco Clubcard entrepreneur Edwina…
Aruna Viswanatha has been promoted to Washington enterprise editor. She will report to Damian Paletta.…
Bowdeya Tweh has been promoted to Chicago bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, reporting…
Fierce Healthcare has promoted Heather Landi to executive editor. She has been a senior editor.…
Business news site Quartz has hired Audrey McNamara as breaking news editor. In her role,…