Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
In a sizzling US market, demand and prices for homes soar, by Christopher Rugaber
Saved by online lenders, businesses say they’ll borrow again, by Joyce M. Rosenberg
CNN
Planes are filling up and tickets are very expensive, by Chris Isidore
Wall Street is facing a $9 trillion problem, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Policy Punishes Consumers, D.C. Suit Claims, by Ryan Tracy
Exxon vs. Activists: Battle Over Future of Oil and Gas Reaches Showdown, by Christopher M. Matthews
CNBC
Axiom Space lines up second private flight to the ISS, led by record-holding astronaut Peggy Whitson, by Michel Sheetz
Houses in the U.S. cost 13.2% more in March 2021 than at the same time last year. Here’s why houses are so expensive in the U.S. right now, by Shawn Baldwin
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE WhatsApp sues India govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy, by Joseph Menn
Fed policymakers edge closer to opening debate around taper, by Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir
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