Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Omicron wave prompts media to rethink which data to report, by David Bauder
Outbreaks, bottlenecks expected to slow global growth in ’22, by Paul Wiseman
CNN
Here’s why grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves, by Parija Kavilanz
Global experts are very worried about the future, Davos survey finds, by Charles Riley
The Wall Street Journal
Federal Judge Rejects Facebook’s Request to Dismiss FTC’s Latest Antitrust Lawsuit, by Brent Kendall
Boeing Loses Ground to Airbus on Jet Deliveries, by Doug Cameron, Benjamin Katz
CNBC
Weather disasters caused $145 billion in damage last year in the U.S., says NOAA, by Catherine Clifford
Retailers detail staffing shortages as omicron rages, but investors seeing it as short-term hit, by lauren Thomas
Reuters
Citi to exit Mexican consumer business as part of strategy revamp, by David Henry
Bank of America, Wells Fargo scrap some overdraft fees as regulatory scrutiny grows, by Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
News about business journalism
Howard, Reuters storytelling editor, dies at 59
Yahoo Finance hires Cruz-Martínez for personal finance team
Brown swaps GlobalCapital for Bloomberg to cover credit
Bloomberg hires Fichtel on the breaking news desk
Wired hires Legro as deputy editor on features team
Bloomberg editor Shankar exits from DC bureau
MoneySavingExpert.com names Saxon deputy editor
Stewart departs Time magazine for Financial Times
Bureau of Investigative Journalism appoints Jackson its tech editor
Bloomberg appoints Paskin editor for ESG in Asia
Lim to cover private equity firms for Bloomberg
Poh joins Bloomberg as Southeast Asia tech reporter
Bloomberg Radio anchor Hearing departs
Wired says all conversations with sources will be assumed on the record
WSJ hires Ellis to cover business schools
Former Bloomberg Goldman starts consulting business
Insider hires Biscof to be ME of UK business news
