Talking Biz News Today – June 30, 2022

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

OPEC+ may not be much help with high oil, gasoline prices, by Cathy Bussewitz

European Union inks deal on crypto transfer tracing rules

CNN

FCC commissioner calls on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, by Brian Fung

Tesla’s layoffs hit Autopilot team as AI develops, by Matt McFarland

The Wall Street Journal

Nexstar Nears Deal to Acquire Majority Control of CW Network, by Joe Flint

Xerox CEO John Visentin Dies, by Cara Lombardo and Alex Harring

CNBC

Spirit delays shareholder vote on merger hours before meeting to continue deal talks with Frontier, JetBlue, by Leslie Josephs

Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital plunges into liquidation as market crash takes toll, by Arjun Kharpal

Reuters

It’s alive! How belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem, by Paresh Dave

U.S. recession “more likely than not”, same for Europe – PIMCO

News about business journalism:

WSJ hires Business of Fashion’s Lieber

Forbes Uruguay to launch later this year

Hooker, former editor of New England Business Magazine, dies at 79

Washington Post biz columnist Van Dam starts data column

Doyle to cover real estate, higher ed for Worcester Biz Journal

Media coverage of climate finance and ESG rising dramatically

Morning Brew hires Bloomberg Law’s Allsup

Russell promoted to editor of Skift’s Airline Weekly