Talking Biz News Today – Feb. 15, 2023

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