Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Virus hammers business travel as wary companies nix trips, by David Koenig, Dee-Ann Durbin
US, China clash over head of UN intellectual property agency, by Jamey Keaten
CNN
Americans are panic shopping for hand sanitizer and face masks, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
The central bank cavalry is coming. Is it enough?, by Christine Romans
The Wall Street Journal
Lawsuits Accuse Big Hotel Chains of Allowing Sex Trafficking, by Corinne Ramey
‘The New Kale’: Cauliflower Becomes a Bestseller, by Jaewon Kang
CNBC
Nordstrom shares dive on earnings miss, Erik Nordstrom to become sole CEO, by Lauren Thomas
Target to add fresh food and alcohol to same-day pickup at nearly half its stores by the holidays, by Melissa Repko
Reuters
Airlines rush to boost demand as coronavirus shreds playbook for crisis management, by Tracy Rucinski, Jamie Freed
GM to tout its electric vehicles to investors swooning over Tesla, by Paul Lienert
News about business journalism
Seattle Times wins Scripps Howard award for business/financial reporting
Bloomberg hires Sims as economy and government editor
Bloomberg tech reporter VerHage is departing
News Journal staff planning to form union
Cox Enterprises names Collier publisher of its Ohio papers
Citizen Times news director Wadington leaving for USA Today
Politico’s Samuelsohn to be the next DC bureau chief for Business Insider
