Some of Friday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Hiring might have slowed in August in face of delta variant, by Christopher Rugaber
GM, Ford halt some production as chip shortage worsens, by Tom Krisher
CNN
Biden administration taps emergency oil stockpile amid Louisiana gas crisis, by Matt Egan
Apple relaxes App Store rules for services such as Spotify and Netflix, by Jill Disis
The Wall Street Journal
Grocers Prepare for Possible Snack Shortages as Mondelez Workers Strike, by Jesse Newman, Jaewon Kang
Walmart to Raise Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour, by Sarah Nassauer
CNBC
Ford’s U.S. sales decline 33% in August as chip shortage devastates auto industry, by Michael Wayland
Wildfires are putting water supplies at risk, and corporate America is scared, by Diana Olick
Reuters
Exclusive: Amazon to remove more content that violates rules from cloud service, sources say, by Sheila Dang
Fed likely to announce taper in November, former Fed official says, by Lisa Mattackal
News about business journalism
Bloomberg Markets names Hechinger its features editor
Yahoo Finance reporter Udland departs for Titan
Morningstar hires Norton of Barron’s as editorial director of sustainability
Nashville Post editor De Lombaerde leaves for biz journalism opportunity
Financial Times hires Langley as breaking news reporter
Yahoo Finance hires six to bolster reporting
Dolan joins Kansas City Biz Journal as a reporter
Debtwire reporter Morpurgo departs
Fox Business shows have strong August
