Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
At many companies, changes from COVID-19 are now permanent, by Joyce M. Rosenberg
Business groups, unions join together on infrastructure plan, by Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro
CNN
Volkswagen and BMW fined $1 billion for running emissions cartel, by Hanna Ziady
Microsoft’s latest security flaw could have major repercussions, by Samantha Murphy Kelly
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon to Add Universal Pictures’ Films to Prime Video Streaming Service, by Erich Schwartzel
San Francisco’s Slow Reopening Frustrates City’s Small Businesses, by Peter Grant
CNBC
Pfizer says it is developing a Covid booster shot to target the highly transmissible delta variant, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Electric Dodge muscle car and Ram pickup part of Stellantis’ $35.5 billion EV plans, by Michael Wayland
Reuters
Double whammy for food buyers as freight costs spike amid high grain prices, by Naveen Thukral, Gavin Maguire
Levi Strauss forecasts upbeat full year as apparel demand bounces back
News about business journalism
Romm named economic policy reporter at Washington Post
What Quartz learned from operating a hybrid office
McCarthy departs TechCrunch for Bloomberg
The Real Deal hires CoStar’s Waters to cover Chicago real estate
NY Times taps Jackson to cover California real estate
Columbus Biz First hires Milnes to cover commercial real estate
FT’s Foy named EU diplomatic correspondent
Unfinished Media hires Beres as editor-in-chief
San Diego startups reporter Meiling hired by LA Times for content strategy
CT Mirror hires Phillips to cover economic development
Reuters reporter Spiezio departs
