Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill, by Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Alan Fram
Robinhood makes its debut on Wall Street, by Stan Choe, Alex Veiga
CNN
Facebook doubles profit but braces for hit from Apple privacy changes, by Clare Duffy
Fed says Delta won’t ruin the recovery. But we’re still a long way from normal, by Anneken Tappe
The Wall Street Journal
Apple and Tesla Are the Chip Shortage’s Latest Victims, by Tim Higgins, Yoko Kubota, Yang Jie
Ever Given, the Ship That Blocked the Suez, Makes It to Port, by Benoit Faucon
CNBC
Ford says reservations for F-150 Lightning electric pickup top 120,000, by Michael Wayland
Pfizer’s CEO says Covid vaccine effectiveness drops to 84% after six months, by Kevin Stankiewicz
Reuters
Fiscal stimulus, vaccines likely fueled U.S. economic growth in the second quarter, by Lucia Mutikani
Qualcomm optimistic on 5G, connected device sales as supply bottlenecks ease, by Stephen Nellis
News about business journalism
Bloomberg Industry union to CEO: Please reconsider return to office
Washington Post’s Greene, Alcantra win award for Amazon working conditions
Sacramento Biz Journal hires Abbott as a reporter
Deadline for WERT Prize for Global Business Journalism is approaching
Bloomberg Opinion adds three new staffers
Houston Biz Journal hires Burleson to cover energy
Bloomberg names Trudell its global car czar
Triad Biz Journal reporter Warren departing
Bloomberg’s Holloway departs for NBC to produce podcast
Campbell, Puget Sound Biz Journal reporter, leaving to freelance
