Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Biden urges striking auto workers to ‘stick with it’ in picket line visit unparalleled in history, by Seung Min Kim, Tom Krisher and Chris Megerian
The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios, by Andrew Dalton
Alibaba’s logistics business will go public in first IPO from the new-look tech giant, by Anna Cooban
US consumer confidence is the lowest it’s been in four months, by Alicia Wallace
FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging Illegal Online-Marketplace Monopoly, by Dave Michaels and Dana Mattioli
Target to Close Stores in San Francisco, Other Cities, Citing Theft, by Ben Glickman
Costco tops quarterly earnings expectations, even as sales remain soft, by Melissa Repko
Working women spend $15.4 billion more than men in out-of-pocket health costs, study finds, by Bertha Coombs
Oil prices climb as markets focus on supply tightness, by Paul Carsten
H&M profits impress despite September sales slowdown, by Helen Reid
Bloomberg hires Strumpf to cover India economy and politics
Samtani departing The Real Deal
Politicos’ new digital producer, a BBC senior journo, NY Times names two Asia editors
FT hires Ring as legal correspondent
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…