Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge, by Matthew Brown
Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states, by John Antczak, Christopher Weber
CNN
Berkshire Hathaway scraps pipeline purchase because of antitrust concerns, by Paul R. La Monica
Inflation is rising but the reasons why are changing, by Anneken Tappe, Hanna Ziady
The Wall Street Journal
McDonald’s Owners Offer Tuition, Child Care to Lure Burger Flippers, by Heather Haddon
Boeing Faces New Dreamliner Production Problem, by Andrew Tangel
CNBC
Cryptocurrency trading volume plunges as interest wanes following bitcoin price drop, by Tanaya Macheel
Child tax credit payments could act as stimulus for retailers as soon as this month, by Melissa Repko
Reuters
U.S. output surging amid pandemic due to digitization – Goldman
U.S. approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight, by Eric Johnson, David Shepardson
News about business journalism
Bloomberg taps Boyle as senior management reporter
Crain’s Chicago hires Davis to cover tech and startups
Sloan departs Law.com for Reuters
Bloomberg’s Ainger will now cover climate in Brussels
Carreyrou to start podcast on Theranos trial
S&P Global taps Sagalow to cover bank regulation
Business Insider taps Sheffey as economic policy reporter
How Bloomberg is aggressively covering environment news
FT’s Anderlini named editor in chief of Politico Europe
Insider hires Low as senior entertainment biz reporter
Wirecutter taps Marquis as lead editor for computer/networking
Longtime AP biz journalist Rosenberg retires from news service