Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Asian shares mixed after Wall St dips on weak economic data, by Yuri Kageyama
Robotaxis aim to take San Francisco on ride into the future, by Michael Liedtke
CNN
TikTok hit with nearly $16 million UK fine, by Robert North and Anna Cooban
Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts
The Wall Street Journal
Johnson & Johnson Proposes Paying $9 Billion to Settle Talc Lawsuits, by Peter Loftus and Andrew Scurria
McKinsey Winding Down Firm’s Bankruptcy Practice, by Alexander Gladstone
CNBC
As retail gets choppy, Walmart flexes its grocery muscle, deep pockets and huge reach, by Melissa Repko
GM says 5,000 salaried workers will take buyouts, expects $1 billion charge in first quarter, by Michael Wayland
Reuters
Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia A100 chip, by Stephen Nellis
Walmart aims for 65% of stores to be automation serviced by 2026, by Siddharth Cavale
News about business journalism:
WSJ EIC Tucker on Gershkovich: Proud of newsroom
Dow Jones/WSJ statement: We will not rest until Gershkovich is free
Leacock named interim biz editor at Albuquerque Journal
Howard named biz editor of The Day
Lawyers seeking to meet with WSJ’s Gershkovich
Fidler retires from Wall Street Journal
MT Newswires hires Skelly as director of biz development
Bloomberg’s Foxman rejoins Bloomberg TV in New York
Blockworks announces two editorial hires
BloombergGPT aims to be AI for business news
Bloomberg names Livingstone-Wallace head of Middle East and North Africa
Biden administration to declare WSJ reporter Gershkovich “wrongfully detained”
