Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans, by Zeke Miller
Post-Ida recovery in New Orleans: Beer and beignets are back, by Stacey Plaisance, Jay Reeves
CNN
Ford is ending production in India and taking a $2 billion hit in the process, by Jordan Valinsky
Amazon offers to pay college tuition for most US workers, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
The Wall Street Journal
Walmart to End Quarterly Bonuses for Store Workers, by Sarah Nassauer
U.S. Airlines Warn of Dimming Outlook Amid Delta Variant, by Alison Sider
CNBC
More Americans will wager on the NFL than ever before as league embraces sports betting, by Ian Thomas
Planting trees is not enough, says Logitech CEO, pledging major carbon reduction effort, by Kevin Stankiewicz
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America, by Christopher Bing, Chris Prentice, Joseph Menn
Google to replenish 20% more water than it uses by 2030, by Paresh Dave
News about business journalism
WSJ names WSJ Trust Fellowship recipients
Cramer signs new deal with CNBC, leaving TheStreet
Lashbrook joins Consumer Reports as a writer/reporter
Mergermarket’s Shen to join Bloomberg Americas equities team
Industry Dive hires Strupp as editor of Construction Dive
Sportico hires Atlanta Biz Chronicle reporter Jackson
ACBJ launching Sacramento Inno next week
Louisville Biz First appoints Stines data and projects editor
“Planet Money” co-host Goldstein joins podcast company
Insider personal finance correspondent Loudenback departs