Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Worry about stagflation, a flashback to ’70s, begins to grow, by Paul Wiseman
No, you’re not imagining it — package sizes are shrinking, by Dee-Ann Durbin
CNN
Wall Street’s blank-check boom has gone bust, by Paul R. La Monica
Why $4.47 gas in Mississippi hurts more than $6.37 gas in California, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Big Tech Has Spent $36 Million on Ads to Torpedo Antitrust Bill, by John D. McKinnon, Ryan Tracy and Chad Day
U.S., European Allies Try to Restrain Global Oil Prices, by Andrew Duehren
CNBC
Spirit Airlines postpones shareholder vote on Frontier deal days after JetBlue sweetens competing offer, by Leslie Josephs
Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years amid rising rates and slowing home sales, by Diana Olick
Reuters
U.S. to propose standards for government funded EV charging projects, by David Shepardson
Tesla’s China output decline trending deeper than Musk forecast, data and internal memos show
News about business journalism:
NY Times hires Philly Inquirer deputy biz editor Minaya
Fortune hires Williams as senior writer covering work and life
Marks, Washington Post cybersecurity newsletter writer, is departing
Bloomberg hires Bindrim for climate team
Sacks named features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek
Chafkin returning to writing for Bloomberg Businessweek
Gu departs Bloomberg for Reuters
Modern Healthcare hires Hudson to cover hospital finance
Phoenix Biz Journal hires Davis to cover commercial real estate
Roberts returning to Fortune as crypto editor
Wilkinson joins the Telegraph as head of personal finance
TechRadar promotes Hanson to ME of computing and entertainment
Sellman to become tech correspondent at The Times