Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Apple reaches $2 trillion market value as tech fortunes soar, by Michael Liedtke
Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box stores, by Anne D’Innocenzio
CNN
Working mothers are quitting to take care of their kids, and the US job market may never be the same, by Anneken Tappe
Facebook says it’s cracking down on thousands of QAnon-linked accounts and groups, by Brian Fung
The Wall Street Journal
Airbnb Files Confidentially for IPO With SEC, by Preetika Rana
Trump Calls for Goodyear Boycott Over Ban on Campaign Attire, by Ben Foldy
CNBC
New York Gov. Cuomo warns NYC restaurants may have to close again in the fall, by Noah Higgins-Dunn, Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
J&J strikes $6.5 billion deal for autoimmune disease specialist Momenta
Reuters
Telco SoftBank pleased 5G network given ‘clean’ status by U.S., by Sam Nussey
GE signs power agreements worth over $1.2 billion with Iraq, by Ashwini Raj
News about business journalism
Bankrate unveils website redesign
Forbes expands coverage of BIPOC entrepreneurs
FT reporters win NYFWA Impact Award for Wirecard coverage
Bloomberg’s Zelenko talks her career, improving diverse voices in coverage
