Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
First water cuts in US West supply to hammer Arizona farmers, Felicia Fonseca
US consumer prices rose in July but at slower pace, by Christopher Rugaber
CNN
Another big company hit by a ransomware attack, by Brian Fung
Southwest Airlines warns Delta variant is hurting its business, by Jordan Valinsky
The Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae Aims to Make Home Loans More Accessible, by Nicole Friedman, AnnaMaria Andriotis
McDonald’s, NBC Latest to Revise Office Reopening Plans as Covid-19 Cases Climb, by Heather Haddon, benjamin Mullin
CNBC
Labor shortage gives retail and restaurant workers the upper hand—for now, by Amelia Lucas, Melissa Repko
Cyberfraud shifts to gaming, travel and leisure, report finds, by Kate Dore
Reuters
U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores, by Diane Bartz
JetBlue launches first London flight despite lingering pandemic, by Sarah Young, Tracy Rucinski
News about business journalism
Forbes launches edition in Ecuador
Digital media startup Puck hires business journalists
CNET hires Fowler to cover cybersecurity
Bloomberg’s Vanuzzo becomes Italy breaking news editor
FT Hong Kong reporter Liu joining grad program at NYU
Murray departs Reuters for Financial Times
American Banker reporter Haggerty departs for law school
WSJ names Wisnefski its AME for talent; Christie-Davie as AME for biz management
FT reopens LA bureau, Grimes named bureau chief
How entrepreneurs can work more effectively with biz reporters
Quartz membership hits 27,000, up 71 percent
S&P Global’s Hallam joins the insight news editing desk as deputy ME
