Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times, by Tom Krisher
France fines Google for abusing ‘dominant’ ads position
CNN
Companies you’d never expect are offering signing bonuses to new employees, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
Americans are still sitting on loads of stimulus cash, by Julia Horowitz
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers, by Dustin Volz, Sadie Gurman, David Uberti
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Be on Blue Origin’s First Human Space Flight, by Matt Grossman
CNBC
Deutsche Bank warns of global ‘time bomb’ coming due to rising inflation, by Jeff Cox
Biden administration announces plans to strengthen critical supply chains, by Christina Wilkie
Reuters
Big tech supports global tax, but wants digital services levies axed, by Diane Bartz
U.S. must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals -White House, by Trevor Hunnicutt, Ernest Scheyder
News about business journalism
Sportico hires Pelit to cover finance and private equity
Hollywood Reporter hires Chan as digital media writer
Forbes hires Everson to write “Checks & Imbalances” newsletter
Adweek hires Gold to be its digital editor
Blockworks hires Chittum as finance reporter
Turner named editor of Arkansas Business
Schleifer departs Recode to launch media company
Ro departs Yahoo Finance for Axios
Beat switch for Bloomberg’s Martinuzzi
Insider hires Mangalindan as entertainment correspondent
