Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, by Geoff Mulvihill
Small businesses face slow, difficult recovery after Ida, by Mae Anderson
CNN
Twitter announces new anti-harassment ‘Safety Mode’ feature, by Clare Duffy
iPhone users will no longer need to bring their IDs to the airport in these states, by Jordan Valinsky
The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Seeks to Hire 55,000 for Corporate, Tech Roles, by Dave Sebastian
Refineries Potentially Face Weekslong Outages After Hurricane Ida, by Collin Eaton
CNBC
Ford cuts F-150 pickup production again due to chip shortage, by Michael Wayland
NFL says it will surpass $250 million pledge for social justice work — now it wants new partnerships to address Black wealth gap, by Jabari Young
Reuters
U.S. identifies 12th Tesla Autopilot car crash involving emergency vehicle, by David Shepardson
Stellantis to buy U.S. auto finance provider First Investors for $285 million
News about business journalism
Bloomberg reporter Leising is departing
Fortune postpones CEO conference after employees plan strike
Bloomberg Opinion hires Wooldridge as global business columnist
Fox Business hires Alworth and O’Grady as correspondents
NY Times is putting Wirecutter behind a paywall
CoStar hires Ori as senior staff writer in Chicago
Rashad to cover energy for Reuters in London
Indianapolis Biz Journal parent buys Inside Indiana Business
Gizmodo names Couts its executive editor
Perloff to cover energy at Debtwire
Stolyar departing Mashable for Wired
The Real Deal hires McCabe as senior news editor
Ex-WSJ reporter Carreyrou willing to testify at Theranos trial