Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries, by Tom Krisher, Bruce Schreiner
Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback, by Michelle Chapman
CNN
Activision Blizzard says it will pay $18 million to settle harassment lawsuit, by Rishi Iyengar
Economists slash their forecasts for America’s growth, by Matt Egan
The Wall Street Journal
CAA to Buy Rival Talent Agency ICM Partners in Hollywood Shake-Up, by Erich Schwartzel, Joe Flint
China Power Outages Pose New Threat to Supplies of Chips and Other Goods, by Stella Yifan Xie, Yang Jie, Stephanie Yang
CNBC
Jeff Bezos doubles time with Blue Origin to focus more on his space company, by Michael Sheetz
Beyond Meat to launch its meatless chicken tenders in grocery stores next month, by Amelia Lucas, Kate Rogers
Reuters
Australia challenges Google’s ad dominance, calls for data-use rules, by Byron Kaye
Tariffs, seizures expose U.S. solar industry’s vulnerability to imports, by Nichola Groom
News about business journalism
Bloomberg’s Diaz becomes Spanish team leader
Westfair hires Real as ME of video
Good to cover power sector finance for S&P Global
Observer hires Simonetti to cover tech and creator economy
WSJ appoints Kilhof supervising producer for audio
Lockwood departs Reuters for The Washington Post
Biz media also on trial with Theranos and Holmes
Barron’s hires Vanjani as a markets reporter
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…