Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Business owners tap into savings to withstand pandemic, by Joyce M. Rosenberg
Survey: US companies added just 428,000 jobs last month, by Christopher Rugaber
CNN
First toilet paper, then yeast. Now laptops are hard to find, by Clare Duffy
United Airlines will furlough 16,000 employees, by Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Debt Is Set to Exceed Size of the Economy Next Year, a First Since World War II, by Kate Davidson
Advertisers Seek Right to Cancel TV Spending as Pandemic Roils Fall Season, by Alexandra Bruell
CNBC
Macy’s prepares for a holiday season like no other, by Lauren Thomas
Ford tells employees buyouts are coming as it aims to cut white-collar workforce by roughly 1,400, by Noah Higgins-Dunn, Michael Wayland
Reuters
Amazon, Verizon may invest over $4 billion in India’s Vodafone Idea: report, by Sachin Ravikumar
Zara-owner Inditex starts online sales at budget brand Lefties, by Sonya Dowsett
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