Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Nike shakes off pandemic blues with surging online sales
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s next big bet rides on better batteries, by Michael Liedtke, Tom Krishner
CNN
Premier Inn owner warns 6,000 jobs could go. UK pubs and restaurants brace for worse to come, by Hanna Ziady
CEOs and unions come together in 11th hour plea for Congress to save airline jobs, by Chris Isidore, Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace
The Wall Street Journal
United Wholesale Mortgage to Go Public Via Merger With Gores SPAC, by Maureen Farrell
America’s Top Oil Field Was Desperate for Pipelines. Now It Has Too Many, by Rebecca Elliott
CNBC
$300 unemployment benefits end in at least 9 states as stimulus hopes fade, by Greg Iacurci
Stitch Fix shares plummet after personal styling service swings to a loss, by Melissa Repko
Reuters
Amazon launches climate-friendly program to help shop for sustainable products
United Airlines to tap U.S. Treasury loans, CEO says
News about business journalism
CNN, FX Networks win business Emmys
Ludlow becomes on-air reporter for Bloomberg Television
CNBC hires Reinicke for personal finance team
Auto journalist Amend dies at 53
Digiday editor in chief Morrissey is departing
Florida paper hires Lora to cover growth and development