Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Ginni Rometty, 1st female CEO at IBM, to step down in April
Atari plans to open video game-themed resorts in 8 US cities
Fortune
VW offers $2.9 billion to buy the rest of Navistar in U.S. truck market push, by Christoph Rauwald, Eyk Henning, Ed Hammond, David Welch
Global companies enter lockdown mode as coronavirus outbreak rocks China, by Naomi Xu Elegant, David Meyer, Polina Marinova
CNN
Delta will ditch the uniforms many employees call ‘toxic’, by Chris Isidore
Europe wants one charger that works for every device, by Hadas Gold
CNBC
Coronavirus outbreak declared global health emergency, US confirms first human transmission, by berkeley Lovelace Jr., William Feuer
GM resurrecting Hummer as an all-electric ‘super truck’ with 1,000 horsepower, by Michael Wyland
Reuters
Swiping their way higher: Visa, Mastercard could be the next $1 trillion companies, by Lewis Krauskopf
Amazon holiday sales jump as one-day shipping pays dividends, stock up 13%, Jeffrey Dastin, Akanksha Rana
News about business journalism
Triangle Biz Journal subscribers rose 17 percent in 2019
“Morning Brew” revenue, subscribers skyrocket, staff expands
Forbes Hungary recalls issue due to privacy ruling
Forbes promotes Sibley to chief revenue officer
NY Times names Ingber editor for tech newsletter
Tech journalist Segall to join new Quibi project
