Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Tourists are packing European hotspots. And Americans don’t mind the higher prices and crowds, by Colleen Barry
China exports slumped 12.4% in June from a year earlier as global demand weakened, by Zen Soo
Disney extends CEO Bob Iger’s contract through 2026, by Samantha Delouya
Elon Musk announces a new AI company, by Catherine Thorbecke
Microsoft’s Court Win Puts U.K. Regulator in Challenging Spot Over Activision Deal, by Kim Mackrael
AI Junk Is Starting to Pollute the Internet, by Robert McMillan
Auto industry braces for contentious contract talks as UAW formally kicks off bargaining, by Michael Wayland
Actors strike looms as midnight deadline approaches, union slams producers’ tactics, by Sarah Whitten
Amazon gets labor board complaint on failure to bargain with NY union, by Chandni Shah
Amazon Prime Day sales rise as deep discounts tempt inflation-hit shoppers, by Ananya Mariam Rajesh, Granth Vanaik and Arriana McLymore
Xing swaps Business Insider for CNN
Wilson named Mississippi Biz Journal managing editor
SABEW Canada names Best in Business winners
FT reporter McCormick expanding his beat
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
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…