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
The Indianapolis Business Journal has hired Cate Charron to cover economic development and state politics.…
Nikkei Asia has named Pak Yiu its U.S. news editor based in New York. He…
The Tennessean has hired Hadley Hitson as a business reporter covering health care and dining.…
Fortune is hiring a reporter to bolster our tech coverage. We’re looking for a journalist…
Business Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson sent the following to the staff on Tuesday: Team! Something…
etf.com is looking for a Managing Editor to join our growing editorial team. The goal…