Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Debate over $600 in jobless aid to intensify as claims rise, by Christopher Rugaber
VW spending $2.2B to expand in China’s electric car market, by Joe McDonald
CNN
EasyJet to slash workforce by 30% as it prepares for years of weak demand, by Hanna Ziady
Nissan to cut production capacity by 20% after suffering worst year since 2009, by Sherisse Pham
The Wall Street Journal
Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Social Media, by John D. McKinnon, Rebecca Ballhaus
UPS Adds Peak Delivery Surcharge to Manage E-Commerce Demand Amid Coronavirus, by Paul Ziobro
CNBC
U.S. auto sales recovering but still devastated from coronavirus pandemic, by Michael Wayland
Elon Musk earns first performance-based payout from Tesla, worth more than $700 million, by Lauren Feiner, Lora Kolodny
Reuters
Los Angeles union, joined by ‘Pandemic Pig,’ demands meatpacking plant closure, by Rollo Ross
Nordstrom sales plunge nearly 40% on pandemic-led store closures, by Nivedita Balu, Melissa Fares
News about business journalism
Wired copy editor Lazarus to depart
ACBJ papers unveil project on how small biz have handled the pandemic
Ferguson joins Bloomberg Opinion as a columnist
Defense News associate editor Martin laid off
Founding editor-in-chief Berkow loses job as The Rise closes
Ken Brown of The Wall Street Journal is leaving the news organization. He is an…
Dow Jones News Fund President Brent W. Jones announced at the nonprofit journalism training organization’s…
Jillian Ward, managing editor for U.S. technology at Bloomberg News, sent the following note to…
Rick Berke, a co-founded and executive editor of STAT News, writes about the importance of…
Thomas Maxwell has joined Gizmodo as a tech reporter. He previously was at Business Insider covering…
Banking Times has acquired the domain name "The New Fiver" for an undisclosed amount, aiming…