Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The Associated Press
Fears about Amazon and Microsoft cloud computing dominance trigger UK probe
Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’, by Christopher Rugaber
CNN
Google unveils Pixel 8 built for ‘the generative AI era’, by Samantha Murphy Kelly
Record online discounts are coming this holiday season, by Matt Egan
The Wall Street Journal
Ford’s Hybrids Take Off, Pushing Third-Quarter Sales Up 7.7%, by Nora Eckert
‘This Is a False Advertisement’: X Ads Are Being Challenged By Reader Context, by Patrick Coffee and Megan Graham
CNBC
Popeyes overtakes KFC as No. 2 chicken chain, but Chick-fil-A stays on top, by Amelia Lucas
Disney is discounting child tickets at U.S. parks as industry attendance lags, by Sarah Whitten
Reuters
US accuses Google of illegal methods to push up ad prices, by Diane Bartz
Tesco upbeat on Christmas as UK shoppers get inflation respite, by James Davey and Sarah Young
News about business journalism:
Fortune CEO Murray is stepping down
Bloomberg Opinion hires Klas as a columnist
Bracken hired as ME for CyberScoop and FedScoop
Bloomberg’s Davis adds media and telecom M&A to beat
Fortune EIC Shontell on CEO Murray
Fortune CEO Murray memo about his pending departure
Butt departs Bloomberg for 9fin to be deputy distressed editor
