PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news – March 7

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March 7 (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.

– JetBlue Airways said on Monday that it saw a ‘high likelihood” that the Justice Department would sue the company this week over its planned acquisition of Spirit Airlines.

– Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday confirmed that his committee will hold a vote this week to open an investigation into federal labor law violations by major corporations and subpoena Howard Schultz, the billionaire chief executive of Starbucks, as the first witness.

– Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or their fetuses sued the State of Texas on Monday, apparently the first time that pregnant women themselves have taken legal action against the bans that have shut down access to abortion across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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