Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Disney to boost prices for ad-free Disney+ and Hulu services and vows crackdown on password sharing, by David Hamilton
Las Vegas food service workers demanding better pay and benefits are set to rally on the Strip, by Rio Yamat
She lost more money than anyone on Bloomberg’s billionaires list since Covid. China’s property crisis is to blame, by Ramishah Maruf
Manhattan rents hit a record high for the third time in four months, by Anna Bahney
Yellow Expects to Pay Back Private, Government Loans in Bankruptcy, by Soma Biswas and Paul Page
China Slips Into Deflation in Warning Sign for World Economy, by Stella Yifan Xie
Companies say organized retail crime is on the rise, but there’s no data to prove it, by Gabrielle Fonrouge
UPS CEO says drivers will average $170,000 in pay and benefits at end of 5-year deal, by Leslie Josephs
WHO classifies EG.5 as COVID-19 ‘variant of interest’, by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Leroy Leo
Once worth $47 billion, WeWork shares near zero after bankruptcy warning, by Abhijith Ganapavaram and Shivansh Tiwary
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