Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
GM-UAW talks take turn for worse; settlement not near, by Tom Krisher
UK leader Johnson renews vow to leave EU by deadline, by Kelvin Chan
CNN
Economists think the slowdown will only get worse, by Anneken Tappe
PayPal pulls out of association for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, by Clare Duffy
The Wall Street Journal
Vaping’s Black Market Complicates Efforts to Combat Crises, by Jennifer Maloney, Daniela Hernandez
Sacklers Received as Much as $13 Billion in Profits From Purdue Pharma, by Jared S. Hopkins, Andrew Scurria
CNBC
Joker’ has highest October opening weekend of all-time, hauls in $93.5 million in the US, by Sarah Whitten
Budweiser wants to take on China, the world’s largest beer market where local brews rule, by Weizhen Tan
Reuters
HSBC to cut up to 10,000 jobs in drive to slash costs: FT, by Shubham Kalia
U.S. economists wrestle with how to help ‘left behind’ areas, by Howard Schneider
News about business journalism
Longtime biz journalist Talton is retiring
Bloomberg Law retracts article on Labor official
Senior health reporter Court departs Business Insider
Kozlowska joining Quartz investigative team
