PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - March 15

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March 15 (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.

- Sports Illustrated's employees were told that the magazine would cease publishing its print edition after its May issue.

- The U.S. Department of Energy plans to lend Lithium Americas up to $2.26 billion to build Nevada's Thacker Pass lithium project, one of Washington's largest investments to date in the mining industry as part of a push to boost domestic production of critical minerals for the energy transition.

- The U.S. export credit agency voted to approve a $500 million loan guarantee for an oil and gas drilling project in Bahrain, testing a U.S. climate pledge to stop backing projects that expand the use of fossil fuels.

- JPMorgan Chase & Co has been fined $348.2 million by a pair of U.S. bank regulators over its inadequate program to monitor firm and client trading activities for market misconduct, the Federal Reserve announced. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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