Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds, by Mark Pratt
Elon Musk hopes to have Twitter CEO toward the end of year, by Jon Gambrell
CNN
Microsoft’s Bing AI demo called out for several errors, by Samantha Murphy Kelly
Crypto is joining the grown-up table, and no one is happy about it, by Allison Morrow
The Wall Street Journal
Ford Halts Output of F-150 Lightning EV Due to Battery Issue, by Nora Eckert
Vice Media Gets $30 Million-Plus Lifeline From Fortress as Bills Pile Up, by Alexandra Bruell, Alexander Saeedy and Jessica Toonkel
CNBC
Boeing orders, deliveries slip in January, before massive Air India jetliner sale, by Leslie Josephs
Ford halts production and shipments of its electric F-150 Lightning due to potential battery issue, by Michael Wayland
Reuters
Dollar finds friends after sticky U.S. inflation readout, by Tom Westbrook
Musk donated around $1.95 billion in Tesla shares last year
News about business journalism:
Bloomberg hires Metz to cover artificial intelligence
Guardian US hires Sainato to cover labor
WSJ hires Coffman as video journalist
Publisher DC Thomson axes staff, closes titles
Journos on the move: Univision co-anchor, Politico UK reporter, Essence fashionista
Purifoy departs Law360 for Bloomberg Law
Whittemore joins CNBC as a senior producer