Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Suez Canal blockage adds to pressure points in global trade, by Alex Veiga
Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback, by Bobby Caina Calvan, Marcy Gordon
CNN
The media is slashing jobs again as the Trump news cycle fades and the economy struggles, by Kerry Flynn
$300 a day for a Kia Rio. Why rental cars prices have gone insane, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Farmers Vie for Land as a Grain Rally Sparks Shopping Spree, by Jesse Newman
News Corp Nears Deal to Buy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Consumer-Publishing Arm, by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Dana Cimilluca
CNBC
United Airlines flies to JFK for the first time since 2015, taking advantage of pandemic lull, by Leslie Josephs
Auto supplier BorgWarner expects EVs to account for almost 50% of revenue by 2030, by Kevin Stankiewicz
Reuters
Investors BlackRock, Vanguard join net zero effort, by Ross Kerber
Exclusive: Ex-lobbyist sues Eli Lilly alleging sexual discrimination, harassment, by Marisa Taylor, Dan Levine
News about business journalism
Spinato of Fox Business remembered for his tenacity
NY Times biz reporter Popper to write book about GameStop trading frenzy
The Information hires Krouse to cover Google parent
Former WSJ Page One editor Mapes dies at 81
Marker senior editor Bouchard is taking Medium’s buyout offer
The Economist hires Quan as senior social media editor
WSJ names Summer 2021 intern class
Dow Jones union: Two-thirds of workers want required vaccinations
Beres, editor in chief of OneZero, accepts Medium’s buyout offer
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…