Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Investors’ query: Can Google answer Microsoft’s AI threat?, by Michael Liedtke
AI search engines can now chat with us, but glitches abound, by Matt O’Brien
Twitter users briefly unable to tweet, send messages, by Clare Duffy
Disney plans to cut 7,000 jobs and reward shareholders, by Chris Isidore
Southwest Airlines Executive to Tell Congress ‘We Messed Up’ in Holiday Meltdown, by Alison Sider
Netflix Rolls Out Password Sharing Crackdown in New Markets, by Sarah Krouse
SpaceX prepares for a massive test this week: Firing all 33 Starship engines at once, by Michael Sheetz
Disney beats expectations as streaming subscriber losses aren’t as bad as feared, by Sarah Whitten
AstraZeneca goes for growth with new drugs as COVID sales wane, by Natalie Grover and Maggie Fick
Oil prices steady after U.S. stockpile swell, by Shadia Nasralla
Las Vegas biz reporter Horwath joins TV station
Denver Biz Journal hires Rourke as managing editor
WSJ ME Pensiero leaving paper next week
FT appoints Murgia as its artificial intelligence editor
Law360 senior reporter Whitford joining City Limits
Reuters hires Tong as tech correspondent
Hires at Fox News, ESPN, St. Louis Public Radio, Texas Monthly, and a new Athletic podcast
Ramos joins Context News as inclusive economies correspondent
Media Movers: University of Missouri’s Marty Steffens
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Wall Street Journal project manager Till Daldrup is leaving for a new opportunity. He joined in 2019…
The Albuquerque Business First has hired Leah March as a reporter. March will expand the publication's coverage…
Maria Byrne has been hired as a senior editor for "The Daily," The New York Times…
Rebecca Deczynski has been promoted to senior editor at Inc. magazine. Since joining Inc. in…
Graham Winfrey, the features editor for Inc. magazine, writes about its former editor in chief James…