Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low, by Christopher Rugaber
Countering Biden, GOP pitches $568B for infrastructure, by Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro
CNN
New York City sues Big Oil for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, by Laura Ly
This company is selling mystery bags of food to combat restaurant waste, by Alexis Benveniste
The Wall Street Journal
Netflix, Disney and Amazon’s Streaming Wars Heat Up Overseas, by R.T. Watson
Southwest, American Say Leisure Travel Rebounding as Summer Season Approaches, by Alison Sider
CNBC
$260 billion wiped off crytpocurrency market in 24 hours as bitcoin plunges below $50,000, by Arjun Kharpal
SpaceX will launch astronauts with a reused rocket and spacecraft: Here’s what you should know, by Michael Sheetz
Reuters
Biden to float historic tax increase on investment gains for the rich, by Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw
Tesla CEO Musk puts $100 mln jolt into quest for carbon removal, by Nichola Groom, Hyunjoo Jin
News about business journalism
Mansion Global hires Hendrickson as a reporter
Barron’s hires Welsch as a reporter
Dow Jones hires Hayes as chief business officer, new ventures
NY Times wins Scripps Howard Award in business category
Bloomberg Technology launches “Foundering” podcast
NY Post hires Wayt to cover technology
Ex-WSJ R&D chief, automation editor start computational journalism company with $1.5M funding
What Stephen Brown meant to Politico Europe
TechCrunch reporter O’Hear leaving for grocery startup
Murdoch joins Capital Monitor as corporates editor
