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.
– An advisory panel recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to walk back longstanding recommendations for flu vaccines containing an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has falsely linked to autism.
– Republicans in the Senate are considering a measure in President Donald Trump’s big domestic policy bill that would eliminate fines for any automaker that failed to comply with federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which were created by Congress in 1975.
– Uber UBER is in talks with Travis Kalanick, to help fund his acquisition of the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai PONY, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
– U.S. President Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue The New York Times NYT and CNN for publishing articles about a preliminary intelligence report that said the American attack on Iran had set back the country’s nuclear program by only a few months.