Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection, by Marcy Gordon
US, states crack down on scams bilking desperate Americans, by Marcy Gordon
CNN
Pinterest settles gender discrimination lawsuit with former exec for $22.5 million, by Rishi Ilyengar
Mastercard, Visa and Discover cut ties with Pornhub following allegations of child abuse, by Jazmin Goodwin
The Wall Street Journal
UAW Reaches Settlement With Feds in Multiyear Corruption Probe, by Ben Foldy, Nora Naughton
Group Nine Media Explores Blank-Check Company for Digital-Media Acquisitions, by Benjamin Mullin
CNBC
Costco CEO says company is doubling down on brick-and-mortar, even as it invests in e-commerce, by Kevin Stankiewicz
Funding for vaccine distribution at stake in the push for a new Covid relief bill, by Tucker Higgins
Reuters
U.S. tech giants face 6-10% fines as EU set rules to curb their power, by Foo Yun Chee
U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack, by Jack Stubbs, Raphael Satter, Joseph Menn
News about business journalism
EU asks Chinese to allow detained Bloomberg reporter access to lawyer, health care
Variety hires Adweek’s Zorrilla as a reporter
Smalera named editor in chief of The Business of Business
Sportico adds two editorial staffers with Intercollegiate acquisitions
NY Times Opinion hires Mahanta as vertical editor for business, economics and tech
Dow Jones names Filippo its executive vice president of business information
