Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Global air crash deaths fall by more than half in 2019, by David McHugh
Financial tug-of-war emerges over fire victims’ settlement, by Daisy Nguyen
CNN
Going electric could help revive the motorcycle industry, by Peter Valdes-Dapena
Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, by Scottie Andrew
The Wall Street Journal
Surging Amtrak Seeks Green Light From Congress, by Ted Mann
Google AI Beats Doctors at Breast Cancer Detection—Sometimes, by Brianna Abbott
CNBC
The Trump administration will ban flavored e-cigarette pods, with exceptions for menthol and tobacco flavors, by Lauren Hirsch
Imagine ‘virtual changing rooms’ — ex-Walmart US chief on how tech can shape retail in the 2020s, by Kevin Stankiewicz
Reuters
U.S. shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth, by Jennifer Hiller, Liz Hampton
More drugmakers hike U.S. prices as new year begins, by Michael Erman
News about business journalism
Solovieva steps down as managing editor of Karma
Senior assignment editor set to leave Fox Business
Vox Media launches new platform for advertisers
