Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill, by Tali Arbel
Gas stations report shortages as pipeline shutdown drags on, by Cathy Bussewitz, Jeff Amy, Bobby Caina Calvan
CNN
Victoria’s Secret is becoming a publicly traded company, by Jordan Valinsky
Iron ore prices go ballistic as metals boom, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Google Plans To Double Ethics Research Staff, by Tripp Mickle
States Probe Business Practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers, by Anna Wilde Matthews
CNBC
Airline CEOs ramp up pressure on governments to open up U.S., UK travel, by Leslie Josephs
Memorial Day travel to soar 60% even as gas nears $3 a gallon, by Kenneth Kiesnoski
Reuters
Missouri, Tennessee join U.S. states cutting pandemic payments, by Ann Saphir
Toyota expects profit rebound, shrugs off pandemic slump and chip shortage, by Eimi Yamamitsu
News about business journalism
Conde Nast hires WSJ executive Bailey
The Wire China hires Peaple as news editor
SABEW names Best in Business winners
Politico taps Hayes as assistant policy editor
Breaking Defense names Mehta editor-in-chief
Darbyshire to cover investment and asset management at FT
Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” expanding content for subscribers
Politico adds two reporters to its FDA team
Reinhardt, ex-Bloomberg and BusinessWeek, hired by SF Chronicle
