Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Amazon’s growing ties to oil industry irks some employees, by Joseph Pisani
CEOs of big banks face off with House Democrats, by Ken Sweet
Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa, by Matt Day, Giles Turner and Natalia Drozdiak
Fed signals a year of patience is ahead with a grab bag of risks, by Craig Torres
Some of China’s hottest tech companies are cooling off, by Clay Chandler
A Peter Thiel-backed company would benefit the most from Trump’s 5G plan, by Charles Duan
U.S. bill to boost electric car tax credits could rev GM, Tesla, by David Shepardson
PG&E in talks with BlueMountain to possibly expand board, by Jessica DiNapoli, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Mike Spector
News about business journalism
Time magazine to expand business and tech coverage
Executive VP of Content Grant leaving Penny Hoarder
Mitchell hired by PE Hub and Buyouts to cover family offices
NY Times hires Bloomberg’s Smialek to cover Fed and economy
Why the WSJ is creating “audience voice reporters”
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