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
Brian Contreras is joining Inc. as a staff reporter, where he will be covering artificial…
NPR seeks an innovative and collaborative editor to help drive our tech and business coverage.…
Fundfire reporter Shayla Colon is leaving the Financial Times publication to become a fellow at the New…
Kate Hunter has been hired by Axios to be its politics editor. She has been White…
The (Toronto) Globe and Mail has hired Holly McKenzie-Sutter as a digital editor focused on its home…
Bloomberg's Robert Blau and Otis Bilodeau sent the following note to staff on Monday: We've…