Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates, by Fatima Hussein
Microsoft’s bid for Activision gets UK approval. It removes the last hurdle to the gaming deal, by Kelvin Chan
Microsoft Outlook will soon write emails for you, by Jennifer Korn
Flexport to cut 20% of staff one month after CEO shakeup, by Samantha Delouya
Investors Bet Thriftier Chinese Shoppers Are Here to Stay, by Cao Li
New Walgreens CEO Needs to Cut the Dividend, by David Wainer
Delta says Hollywood, auto strikes are denting business travel, by Leslie Josephs
Bank earnings kick off with JPMorgan, Wells Fargo amid concerns about rising rates, bad loans, by Hugh Son
Canada news industry body backs Google’s concerns about online news law, by Ismail Shakil
IKEA sticks with China despite slowing economy, by Helen Reid
The Block taps Copeland to be editor in chief
The Information hires Morning Brew exec to be its COO
Vietnamese edition of Bloomberg Businessweek launched
Yahoo Finance hires Wang as senior editor
Law360 hires McLoone as tax researcher
FT creates visual investigations team, hires Killing
Mejía joins Bloomberg as graphics reporter
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…