Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Pharmacies say prescribers bear opioid crisis responsibility, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI, by Matt O’Brien
Fortune
Visa and Mastercard Say No to Delaying Deadline for Gas Pump Chip Card Upgrades, by Jenny Surane
PwC Global Chairman: Why CEOs are Pessimistic About 2020 Business Outlook, by Susie Gharib
CNN
Bluetooth just got its most important update in 20 years, by Jordan Valinsky
Tesla will make the Model Y in Shanghai and design an ‘original car’ in China, by Laura He
Axios
Cafe X shuts some of its robot coffee shops, by Kia Kokalitcheva, Dan Primack, Ina Fried
Sonos sues Google over speaker tech, by Ina Fried
Reuters
Geely, Mercedes-Benz launch $780 million JV to make electric smart-branded cars, by Yilei Sun, Brenda Goh
Alibaba undercuts Amazon in Europe to woo wary brands, by Sonya Dowsett, Sophie Yu
News about business journalism
Former Union-Tribune biz editor Lowe dies at 79
McGraw Center seeks applications for funding of high-impact projects
Ward hired by Business Insider to cover diversity and inclusion
The evolution of crypto journalism
Dayton 24/7 and Dayton Biz Journal form coverage partnership
Yahoo Finance reporter Hu joins Reuters deals team
How Ruhle will change business reporting at NBC
Bloomberg Environment reporter Stecker switches beats
Lauren Clason, a health care reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, left this week…
The Dallas Morning News seeks an ambitious and versatile editor to drive our business coverage to…
The Bloomberg News Data Visualization team is seeking a Data Visualization Reporter who uses illustrations…
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has lambasted Russia over its continued detention of…
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday: Today we announced…
Clare Malone of The New York writes about Hunterbrook, which is using reporting from journalists to…