Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Study: State worker pension systems in best shape since 2008, by Geoff Mulvihill
US consumer prices rise 0.3% in August, lowest in 7 months, by Martin Crutsinger
CNN
Activision Blizzard employees accuse company of unfair labor practices, by Rishi Iyengar
Amazon will hire 125,000 workers, dangling $3,000 bonuses for some jobs, by Nathaniel Meyersohn
The Wall Street Journal
Chevron to Triple Low-Carbon Investment, by Christopher M. Matthews
Comcast Stock Slides After Warning on Slowing Subscriber Growth, by Lillian Rizzo
CNBC
Millionaire taxes would increase 11% in 2023 under House Democrat plan, by Greg Iacurci
EV start-up Rivian beats Tesla, GM, Ford as first automaker to produce electric pickup, by Michael Wayland
Reuters
U.S. panel votes to approve $1 billion for FTC privacy probes
Apple’s new iPhone 13 touts faster 5G, sharper cameras to spur trade-ins, by Stephen Nellis
News about business journalism
WSJ names Amon its bureau chief for Middle East and North Africa
Why the WSJ remains stubbornly conservative
WSJ taps Fanelli to cover NY federal prosecutors
Case named Bloomberg’s big-box retail reporter
MarketWatch names Vardi of Forbes its ME of enterprise
Maher to cover the economics beat for “Marketplace”
Mulinda joins Bloomberg as a reporter
Bounds to cover Brexit, trade and financial regulation for FT
Campaign names Gwynn tech and gaming editor
MiBiz hires Burdette as associate publisher
WSJ names Thompson its travel and entertainment bureau chief
Joselow joins Washington Post to head “Climate 202” newsletter
Reuters names Raymond legal affairs correspondent
Euromoney hires Azevedo as associate editor at Inside P&C
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…
Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…
In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…
Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…
Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…