Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US employers expected to have added 160,000 jobs in December, by Josh Boak
Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones, by Barbara Ortutay, Mae Anderson
CNN
Lime pulls its scooters out of 12 markets and lays off staff, by Matt McFarland
Bill De Blasio and Sadiq Khan want your city to dump fossil fuels, by Matt Egan
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon in Talks to Sell Streaming TV Ads Outside of Fire TV, by Sahil Patel
Internal Boeing Documents Show Cavalier Attitude to Safety, by Andy Pasztor, Alison Sider
CNBC
Companies are paying big bucks to insure boards against liability as class-action suits soar, by Contessa Brewer, Katie Young
People are still dying from mysterious vaping illness, even as outbreak slows, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Reuters
U.S. refinery sales hit the brakes, with 5% of capacity on block, by Jessica Resnick-Ault, Laura Sanicola
Waymo secures bigger award against workers who went to rival Uber, by Paresh Dave
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