Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US economy surpasses pre-pandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth, by Martin Crutsinger
Amazon’s sales growth slows as pandemic shopping surge eases, by Anne D’Innocenzio
CNN
Melinda French Gates and McKenzie Scott team up to give $40 million to support women, by Clare Duffy
Corporate America to workers: Get vaccinated or get out, by Christine Romans
The Wall Street Journal
Hollywood Productions Halted as Covid-19 Emerges on Sets Again, by Joe Flint, R.T. Watson
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Charged With Securities Fraud, by Corinne Ramey
CNBC
Shopping center CEO says foot traffic is back to pre-Covid levels as retail evolves, Pia Singh
Pending home sales drop in June — more evidence of a housing turnaround, by Diana Olick
News about business journalism
Birmingham Biz Journal real estate reporter departs
Chicago Trib real estate columnist Ori is leaving paper
Dooley leaving Bloomberg Industry for Cal-Davis
Epstein joining Popular Science as reviews editor
Tech accountability reporter Bhuiyan departing LA Times for The Guardian
FT hires Duguid from Reuters to cover Treasuries
Gordon leaves Bloomberg for European Central Bank
Antenen joins Inframation as editor
Politico hires Zak of CNN Business to be head of newsletters
Dow Jones appoints GMs for WSJ, Factiva and Risk & Compliance
Bloomberg Industry Group seeks an associate reporter. Performs general assignment and beat reporting and write…
HuffPost has named Katherine Speller as its new senior editor of family and relationships. Speller…
Jeff John Roberts of Fortune examines the growth strategy of Blockworks, which is looking to combine…
Harriet Clarfelt has also been appointed U.S. asset management correspondent at the Financial Times to…
Senior corporate finance correspondent Eric Platt has been named U.S. investment editor at the Financial Times. Platt…
CNBC on Monday acknowledged that it aired a banner containing unconfirmed information about President Trump’s…