Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 6, 2023

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

A trial deciding if JetBlue can buy Spirit — and further consolidate the industry — nears its end, by Michael Casey

Supreme Court signals it will uphold a tax on foreign income and leave a wealth tax for another day, by Mark Sherman

CNN

The TV bundle is poised to make a big comeback in the streaming era, by Oliver Darcy

US job openings hit a two-year low, by Alicia Wallace

The Wall Street Journal

ExxonMobil Sets Plan to Boost Earnings, Cash Flow by $14B Through 2027, by Dean Seal

CVS Plans to Overhaul How Much Drugs Cost, by Anna Wilde Mathews

CNBC

Mortgage refinance demand jumps 14% as rates fall to lowest point since August, by Diana Olick

Charter shares plunge after chief financial officer says company may lose broadband subscribers in fourth quarter, by Drew Richardson

Reuters

Washington Post journalists plan 24-hour strike amid prolonged contract talks, by Steve Gorman and Helen Coster

Amazon latest to criticise Microsoft in UK cloud market probe, by Martin Coulter

News about business journalism:

How WSJ’s Gershkovich has friends coming together

The CoinDesk reporter behind its FTX coverage

How The Information has thrived in the past decade

Bloomberg’s Reyes joins 9fin to cover distressed debt

Bloomberg taps Zuidijk to serve as EMEA tech reporter

Orlando Biz Journal taps Bilbao to be associate ME

Canadian biz journalist Vandaelle has died

How media companies internal agencies cater to fossil fuel companies

Gardner, former writer of FT’s Lex column, dies at 87