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 Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…