Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight ‘inflation storm’, by Nick Perry
World shares sink after inflation driven retreat on Wall St, by Elaine Kurtenbach
CNN
China tries to make nice with Big Tech as economic challenges mount, by Laura He
Scared investors haven’t hoarded this much cash since 9/11, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Investors Protest Executive Pay at JPMorgan, Intel and Coca-Cola, by Theo Francis
Target, Walmart Earnings Selloff Puts Retailers’ Inflation Pains on Display, by Suzanne Kapner, John Stensholt and Orla McCaffrey
CNBC
Tesla whale calls for $15 billion stock buyback after share price craters, by Sam Shead
Reuters
Analysis: Crypto crash leaves El Salvador with no easy exit from worsening crisis, by Nelson Renteria, Sarah Kinosian and Rodrigo Campos
China’s zero-COVID policy dashes global hopes for quick economic return to normal
News about business journalism:
Plumb, former Automotive News reporter and editor, dies at 97
Fox Business website has record multiplatform views in April
Bloomberg’s Krader moving to London to cover food
Constantz to cover future of work for Bloomberg News
WSJ hires Lukpat as a breaking news reporter
Pennell moves from NY Times biz desk to live desk
The New York Times is seeking an experienced, ambitious editor to run the Business desk’s…
Colin Campbell has been hired by Axios to cover supply chain deals and the freight industry.…
Axios has hired Katherine Davis as its biotechnology deals reporter. Davis has been at Crain's Chicago Business…
The Financial Times is seeking a reporter to cover Wall Street’s biggest market makers, exchanges…
Lee Meyer has been hired by Newsday to cover the business of health care and cannabis.…
Seattle Times general assignment business reporter Alex Halverson is moving to the Big Tech beat. He replaces…