Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal, by Kathleen Foody
Trump budget to face skepticism, overwhelming politics, by Andrew Taylor
Fortune
Apple hit with $27 million fine for slowing down French iPhones, by Chris Morris
Layoffs start rippling through the Boeing 737 Max supply chain, by Dan Catchpole
CNN
The coronavirus crisis could shut auto plants around the world, by Chris Isidore
The myth of the manufacturing jobs renaissance, by Kate Trafecante
The Wall Street Journal
Smallest U.S. Firms Struggle to Find Workers, by Ruth Simon
Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight, by Richard Rubin
Reuters
GM to restart production in China from Feb. 15, by Yilei Sun, Norihiko Shirouzu
Blue collar boom? College grads, baby boomers big winners in Trump’s economy, by Howard Schneider
News about business journalism
Former publisher: Why I started a business journal
Dow Jones sets subscription record
How The Information has thrived by focusing on tech
Bloomberg ETF reporter Evans to become ME of FX/rates coverage
Pellejero leaving Debtwire for WSJ
Editor-in-chief Whitaker-Moore leaving Acuris Global
Williams to cover US trade beat at FT
