Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US economy grew at 2.1% rate in Q4 but virus threat looms, by Martin Crutsinger
Regulators boost PG&E’s wildfire fine to $2.1 billion, by Michael Liedtke
CNN
Goldman Sachs: American companies will have zero profit growth this year, by Paul R. La Monica
Dow falls 1,191 points — the most in history, by Anneken Tappe
The Wall Street Journal
FCC Probe Finds Mobile Carriers Didn’t Safeguard Customer Location Data, by Drew FitzGerald, Sarah Krouse
Senate OKs $1 Billion for Rural Telecom Carriers to Replace Huawei Gear, by Katy Stech Ferek
CNBC
Bed Bath & Beyond to cut 500 jobs, or 10% of its corporate workforce, by Lauren Thomas
Beyond Meat revenue tripled, but shares fall as losses return, by Ameila Lucas
Reuters
London Stock Exchange on track to close Refinitiv deal as income jumps, by Noor Zainab Hussain
Public Storage only bidder left for National Storage with $1.25 billion bid, by Nikhil Kurian Nainan
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Blint-Welsh joining WSJ on the young audiences team
Bloomberg reporter Eckhouse moving to LA
Investment News revamps with new design and new management team
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