Talking Biz News Today – July 1, 2022

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

All eyes on airlines as July Fourth holiday weekend nears, by David Koenig

Inflation hits record 8.6% for 19 countries using the euro, by Kelvin Chan

CNN

Stocks close their worst first half in 52 years, here’s what you need to know, by Nicole Goodkind

China’s economy just had its best month since February, by Laura He

The Wall Street Journal

Auto Sales Expected to Slide, Prices to Soar, by Mike Colias and Nora Eckert

Elon Musk Takes Unusually Long Twitter Break, by Sarah E. Needleman and Inti Pacheco

CNBC

Former Apple, JC Penney exec Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology files for bankruptcy months after it went public, by Lauren Thomas

FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide mobile Starlink internet service to boats, planes and trucks, by Michael Sheetz

Reuters

Google to pay $90 million to settle legal fight with app developers

Apple hikes Japan price of iPhone by nearly a fifth

News about business journalism:

Oran promoted to head of content strategy at Insider

Insider, Forbes and Reuters are top biz news sites in UK

Wired union members threaten to strike

Bloomberg Green investing in service journalism

New England Biz Media hires Meagher as research director

Forbes senior editor Giles is departing

Bloomberg Industry executive editor Albergo is retiring

The Telegraph hires Gifford as personal finance reporter

Kapur departing Quartz after three years

CoinDesk deputy editor in chief Seward departing

Bloomberg Law’s Gordon announces retirement

ACBJ hires Moore as director of audience growth