Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway, by David Koenig
TikTok parent ByteDance says it’s using OpenAI technology to test its own AI models, by Laura He
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount CEOs discuss possible merger, by Oliver Darcy, David Goldman, Liam Reilly and Jon Passantino
Billionaires Compete to Own SpaceX’s Rocket Rival, by Micah Maidenberg and Sharon Terlep
Toyota Motor to Recall 1 Million Toyota, Lexus Models Over Airbag-Related Sensor, by Sabela Ojea
Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy, by Ashley Capoot
Citigroup to close global distressed-debt business as part of CEO Jane Fraser’s overhaul, by Hugh Son
Tesla skips employees’ yearly merit-based stock compensations – Bloomberg News
UK retailers report weak December sales, downbeat about January
Pensions & Investments hires Marchant as a senior reporter
Springfield Biz Journal to get new publisher, owner
Walrath departing Boston Business Journal
FT journalists demanding $80K starting salary
Smith, WSJ reporter who uncovered Enron misdeeds, dies at 68
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…
Members of the CoinDesk editorial team have sent a letter to the CEO of its…