Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
China keeps penalties on US pork, soy, eases some others, by Joe McDonald
Hong Kong stock exchange in talks to buy London counterpart
CNN
Peloton fitness startup seeks to raise over $1 billion, by Ahiza Garcia
Yet another Boeing plane has a problem, by Chris Isidore, Rene Marsh
The Wall Street Journal
Women’s Share of Board Seats Rises to 20%, by Rachel Feintzeig
Uber Cuts More Than 400 Technical Jobs, by Heather Somerville
Axios
California gig workers bill clears major step, by Kia Kokalitcheva
Rich Greenfield launches new media, tech research firm, by Sara Fischer
Reuters
Facebook’s Libra seeks Swiss payment system license, by John Miller
GE to lose majority control of Baker Hughes with up to $3 billion share sale, by Debroop Roy, Ankit Ajmera
News about business journalism
Business Insider Australia names new editor
Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Niksa to cover real estate
Mergermarket hires Jacobsen to cover French M&A
Engquist headed to The Real Deal
WTTW News bringing more business news to flagship show “Chicago Tonight”
Quartz announces four-person investigations team
Amy Thomson starts new job as tech reporter-editor at Bloomberg in London
Crain Communications is seeking a meticulous and analytical data editor to oversee the strategy and…
Financial Times chief economics commentator Martin Wolf writes about a fake "Martin Wolf" that is doling…
We are looking for a Reporter to join ION Analytics’ Paris Bureau covering French M&A…
The New York Times is seeking an editor to help run our coverage of the…
This position will be Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, and those days…
MarketWatch.com executive editor Nathan Vardi sent out the following on Friday: All, I am delighted to announce…
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