Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
US hiring was likely solid in February before virus spread, by Christopher Rugaber
Income tax could pay for more than education under new plan
CNN
HBO is turning “The Last of Us” video game into a TV series, by Chauncey Alcorn
Luxury retailers suffer as Chinese tourists are subject to travel bans, by Hannah Zhang
The Wall Street Journal
Gap Chooses Insider to Take Over as CEO, by Micah Maidenberg
States, Insurers Move to Limit Coronavirus Testing Costs for Patients, by Anna Wilde Mathews
CNBC
‘Beyond busy’: Costco gets a sales boost from the coronavirus, by Lauren Thomas
Flight cuts, unpaid leave and hiring freezes: Airlines race to limit impact as coronavirus saps travel demand, by Leslie Josephs
Reuters
Facebook, Google ask San Francisco staff to work from home as coronavirus spreads, by Aishwarya Nair, Radhika Anilkumar
‘Unsustainable’: Mexico’s Pemex buckling under crushing pension debt, by Stefanie Eschenbacher
News about business journalism
Babad, longtime Canadian biz journalist, dies at 66
NY Times appoints Cargill as assistant national editor
UNC’s student-run biz news wire temporarily suspended
Meltzer, executive editor of Atlanta Biz Chronicle, to depart
Cannabis Group appoints two new editors and promotes digital editor
