Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
A likely poor jobs figure for January could prove temporary, by Christopher Rugaber
US eyes rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight, by Scott Sonner
CNN
Amazon is raising the price of annual Prime memberships to $139, by Clare Duffy
Ford earnings hurt by chip shortage, by Chris Isidore
The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Feels $10 Billion Sting From Apple’s Privacy Push, by Meghan Bobrowsky
Snap Posts First Profit as It Adjusts to Apple Privacy Push, by Meghan Bobrowsky
CNBC
Chip giants are ramping up spending by the billions as semiconductor demand booms, by Sam Shead
Merck expects to sell $5 billion to $6 billion of its new Covid treatment pill in 2022, by Spencer Kimball
Reuters
Earnings whiplash points to more volatility for U.S. markets, by David Randall
Biden to sign executive order boosting rights of 200,000 construction workers, by Nandita Bose
News about business journalism
CNBC’s Frost to stop anchoring “Closing Bell”
Business editor Krzaczek departing Insider
Owram joining Bloomberg personal finance team as an editor
May-Suzuki joins Long Beach Biz Journal as reporter
FT appoints Schwartz U.S. foreign affairs correspondent
Weiner to lead US markets coverage for Bloomberg
Sifted reporter Woodford to join Reuters
Marathe to cover law and tech for ALM Media
Houston Biz Journal hires Patel to cover diversity, education, econ development
