Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Mack Truck workers begin strike at plants in 3 states
California power outages highlight economic disparity, by Cathy Bussewitz
CNN
The big bank winning streak might be about to end, by Charles Riley
America’s factories are in trouble. The trade war is only part of the problem, by Anneken Tappe
The Wall Street Journal
SoftBank Seeking to Take Control of WeWork Through Financing Package, by Maureen Farrell, Liz Hoffman, Eliot Brown
Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy as Another 100 Stores Will Soon Close, by Suzanne Kapner
CNBC
Costs pile up for airlines as Boeing 737 Max grounding enters eighth month, by Leslie Josephs
FDA approves new Eli Lilly drug to ‘resolve’ migraine pain in two hours, by Elijah Shama
Reuters
ConocoPhillips quits northern Australia in $1.4 billion sale to Santos, by Sonali Paul
Volkswagen CEO says electric car shift won’t hurt margins: paper, by Francesca Landini
News about business journalism
FT hires Indvik of Vogue Business
Deputy economics editor Mullaney departs AP
WSJ names Lin its deputy digital platforms editor
Iowa newspaper raises funds via social media to pay off legal fees
Former business journalist launches his own venture
Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on The Corp podcast
Texas Observer hires senior writer and editor
How the WSJ is using machine learning to identify gaps in coverage
Verdonck gets a new Bloomberg post covering Asian energy markets
