Aug 23 (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.
- U.S. workers at United Parcel Service have ratified a new five-year contract, the Teamsters union said on Tuesday, closing the door on a potential strike that could have put timely Christmas deliveries in doubt and sent shipping costs soaring.
- Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch has paid $840,000 in legal costs to a small Australian publisher after he dropped a defamation lawsuit accusing the company of linking his family to the Jan 6 Capitol riot, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
- U.S. secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo will travel to Beijing and Shanghai for a series of meetings next week, becoming the latest Biden official to visit China as the United States seeks to stabilize the relationship between the countries.
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential expert panel, has given its highest recommendation to an expanded menu of HIV prevention strategies for adults and adolescents.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
