Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US government works to ‘cocoon’ old nuclear reactors, by Nicholas K. Geranios
Fed pulls back economic aid in face of rising uncertainties, by Christopher Rugaber
CNN
Global finance pledge could mean $100 trillion for the climate. Now for the hard part, by Charles Riley
IPOs are having their best year ever — even better than the dot com boom, by Paul R. La Monica
The Wall Street Journal
Qualcomm Posts Record Sales Amid Surging Demand for 5G Smartphones, by Meghan Bobrowsky
Deere Says It’s Done Bargaining After Striking Workers Reject Second Contract Offer, by Bob Tita
CNBC
Ford’s U.S. sales continued to recover from chip shortage in October, by Michael Wayland
Bill Gates doubts goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is achievable, by Anmar Fragoul
News about business journalism
Crain’s New York names Bryan its ME, hires three from WSJ
New York’s Intelligencer hires Dugan to cover markets and money
Goldman joins Modern Healthcare as a reporter
South Florida Biz Journal hires Bojnansky as emerging markets real estate reporter
Bloomberg hires Protocol’s Williams to cover enterprise software
North Carolina biz journal hires Still as reporter
New Quad Cities biz journal set to launch
Crain’s Cleveland names Scalzo its sports business reporter
Fleming joins Bloomberg as breaking news editor
LA Times taps Contreras to cover internet platforms and influencers
WSJ hires Baxter to be editor of “The Journal” podcast
Forbes strikes deal for editions in Peru and Chile
Columbus Business First assistant managing editor Eleanor Kennedy is leaving the American City Business Journals publication to…
Fortune magazine has named Holly Epstein Ojalvo its senior vice president of strategy and operations. Ojalvo…
Max Bayer, a senior writer for Fierce Biotech, is leaving for a new opportunity. He has…
Reuters correspondent Rachel Savage is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. She has been the…
Hannah Fairfield, the climate editor at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement:…
The San Francisco Standard has hired Bloomberg News reporter Priya Anand to cover tech culture. She has…