Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
With painted faces, artists fight facial recognition tech, by Kelvin Chan
Anxiety grips companies across the world as virus spreads, by Paul Wiseman
CNN
Oil crashes by most since 1991 as Saudi Arabia launches price war, by Matt Egan
‘It’s crazy’: Panic buying forces stores to limit purchases of toilet paper and masks, by Michelle Toh
The Wall Street Journal
Corporate America Races to Respond to a Crisis That Upends Work, by Chip Cutter, Rachel Feintzeig
Tech Firms Seek to Head Off Bans on Facial Recognition, by Ryan Tracy
CNBC
How the ‘boring’ Toyota Camry became the bestselling passenger car in America, by Robert Ferris
Plummeting oil prices and mortgage rates could boost consumers rattled by coronavirus fears, by Emma Newburger
Reuters
Airport passenger traffic in Asia-Pacific set to plunge 24% in first quarter – industry group, by Jamie Freed
Brazil, U.S. sign agreement to develop defense technology
News about business journalism
Maggs, editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, dies at 55
Xana Fund hopes to help midcareer female biz journalists
NPR reporter Allyn moving to San Fran to cover tech
Harding is departing The Markup
Crain’s New York hires Pascus as GA/politics reporter
WSJ names Corrigan editor of professional data
Alcántara leaving Adweek for WSJ
CoStar South Florida reporter Owers departing
Hordt named editor of Crain’s New York
New beat for Bloomberg reporter Courtney
Sander appointed regional editor at Gannett
The pros and cons of anonymity at The Economist
NY Times hires Koeze as business graphics/multimedia editor
