PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - Feb 6
Feb 6 (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.
- The U.S. Postal Service said it will resume accepting all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong on Wednesday, a day after temporarily suspending such service.
- Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google has scrapped its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling back diversity initiatives.
- The Justice Department said it would not bring charges against anyone affiliated with the group Project Veritas over their role in trying to publish the contents of a diary that had been stolen from Ashley Biden, daughter of former U.S. President Joe Biden.
- Elon Musk said that U.S. President Donald Trump's cost-cutting group, the Department of Government Efficiency, will work to "make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system."
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