Jan 26 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
– General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would build a $7 billion battery plant in Michigan and overhaul an existing factory outside Detroit to begin producing electric pickup trucks by 2024. https://nyti.ms/3KN1adG
– Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday offered a new way to block third-party trackers in Chrome with an online advertising system called Topics, after scrapping its old plan to block privacy-invasive cookies. https://nyti.ms/33Pk8Qg
– In a letter on his website, Neil Young asked Spotify Technology SA to remove his music from the platform, in protest of the platform’s streaming of the podcaster Joe Rogan, who has been dismissive of the coronavirus vaccine. https://nyti.ms/3rUYJ0l
– The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it was working with gas and crude oil suppliers from the Middle East, North Africa and Asia to bolster supplies to Europe in the coming weeks, if Russia invades Ukraine and cuts off fuel shipments. https://nyti.ms/3nZHWb8
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)