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Talking Biz News – April 6, 2022

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Miami’s crypto craze on full display at bitcoin conference, by Adriana Gomez Licon

Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do, by Josh Boak, Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian

CNN

Inflation is a bigger threat to some Americans. Here’s why, by Anneken Tappe

Virtual meetings are here to stay. Microsoft wants to make them better, by Samantha Murphy Kelly

The Wall Street Journal

Instacart Faces Turbulence After Pandemic Boom in Grocery Delivery, by Jaewon Kang, Preetika Rana and  Corrie Driebusch

Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment Raises New Regulatory Red Flag, by Dave Michaels

CNBC

UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE, by
Karen Gilchrist

JetBlue is willing to shell out $3.6 billion for discount airline Spirit because it wants to take on bigger carriers, by Leslie Josephs

Reuters

Big Oil to tell Congress markets, not companies, set fuel prices-testimony, by Timothy Gardner, David Shepardson and Liz Hampton

Wall St set to fall on rate hike jitters; Fed minutes eyed, by Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam

News about business journalism:

NY Times hires two new tech reporters

Page hired by The Economist as Asia diplomatic editor

MarketWatch founder Kramer to receive SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award

Louisville Public Media hires Munoz as biz and development reporter

Bloomberg reporter Light departs for new opportunity

Whittock joins Deadline as international TV co-editor

Yanchunas named staff editor for Soundings Trade

Politico hires Lum to cover politics and energy policy

Yahoo Finance producer Lombardo departs

Washington Post names Somashekhar to run health, food and climate biz news team

Axelrod joins Bloomberg Government to report on government contracts

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