Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Pfizer’s posts $4.9B 1Q profit as vaccine strategy pays off, by Linda A. Johnson
WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines, by Jamey Keaten
CNN
American factories are desperate for workers. It’s a $1 trillion problem, by Matt Egan
The world’s largest jewelry brand is ditching mined diamonds, by Jordan Valinsky
The Wall Street Journal
Lyft Says First-Quarter Ridership Improved Compared With Much of Last Year, by Micah Maidenberg
CVS Says Covid-19 Vaccinations Slow as U.S. Rollout Runs Into Hesitancy, by Sharon Terlep
CNBC
Goodyear Tire CEO says company has enough supply to blunt looming rubber shortage, by Tyler Clifford
SpaceX: Over 500,000 orders for Starlink satellite internet service received to date, by Michael Sheetz
Reuters
Krispy Kreme eyes new dough with confidential IPO filing
U.S. House panel discusses low-carbon fuel with airline, biofuel industries, by Stephanie Kelly, David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Insider hires Barr as deputy tech editor
Oregonion names Njus its business/economy editor
Bloomberg is expanding its coverage of diversity, equity, inclusion and fairness
Quartz launches Quartz Essentials at the end of each article
Reuters parent reports earnings that beat estimates
What’s next for Yahoo Finance?
Financial Post hires Hughes as a reporter
Skift hires Jorden for news team
Politico hires Morning Consult’s Sabin to cover cybersecurity
Clare Malone of The New York writes about Hunterbrook, which is using reporting from journalists to…
The Hollywood Reporter awards editor Tyler Coates is leaving the news organization. His last day will be…
Laura Purkess has been promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun. She will maintain…
Pat Ferrier, senior business reporter at the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, is retiring after 23…
Financial news site TheStreet.com has hired Conway Gittens as an anchor and video producer. His most recent…
The economics and communication departments at Loyola of Maryland have created an interdisciplinary minor for…