May 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.

- The National Rifle Association asked members attending its annual convention in Dallas on Friday to boycott a nearby restaurant after learning that it would be donating a portion of its proceeds to help end gun violence. https://nyti.ms/2KF7N2Z

- After the White House on Saturday accused the Chinese government of "Orwellian nonsense" for ordering 36 airline companies to purge their websites of references to Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong as separate countries, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday told foreign companies that obeying official Chinese demands on how to refer to these areas would be the price of doing business in China. https://nyti.ms/2FOzaE5

- U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA, Gina Haspel, told White House officials last week she would withdraw her nomination if they were concerned her role in the brutal interrogation of a Qaeda suspect would scuttle her confirmation and draw the intelligence agency into a fresh controversy over a program it disavowed years ago. https://nyti.ms/2jBE8va (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)