Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Grocery-carrying robots are coming. Do we need them?, by Matt O’Brien
‘Frozen 2’ heats up box office with $127M opening weekend, by Jake Coyle
CNN
HP rejects Xerox takeover bid, yet again, by Jill Disis
Elon Musk says Tesla has received 146,000 orders for the Cybertruck since its reveal, by Shannon Liao
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Firms Pull Back on Investment, by Theo Francis, Thomas Gryta
Spate of Fires Has Shipping Industry Looking at How Dangerous Goods Are Handled, by Costas Paris
Axios
High-end fashion houses struggle to learn from controversial missteps, by Rashaan Ayesh
Searching for the next great American drone company, by Kaveh Waddell
Reuters
Novartis takes on Sanofi, Amgen with $9.7 billion takeover of heart drug maker, by Silke Kotrowitz, John Miller
China’s electric vehicle market to see sales rebound next year, executives say, by Yilei Sun, Brenda Goh
News about business journalism
Bloomberg columnists will join owner’s presidential campaign
How Bloomberg News plans to cover the Democratic primary race
Memphis Biz Journal promotes Nichols to managing editor
The importance of advisor rankings for Barron’s
