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Talking Biz News – Jan. 12, 2022

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Omicron wave prompts media to rethink which data to report, by David Bauder

Outbreaks, bottlenecks expected to slow global growth in ’22, by Paul Wiseman

CNN

Here’s why grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves, by Parija Kavilanz

Global experts are very worried about the future, Davos survey finds, by Charles Riley

The Wall Street Journal

Federal Judge Rejects Facebook’s Request to Dismiss FTC’s Latest Antitrust Lawsuit, by Brent Kendall

Boeing Loses Ground to Airbus on Jet Deliveries, by Doug Cameron, Benjamin Katz

CNBC

Weather disasters caused $145 billion in damage last year in the U.S., says NOAA, by Catherine Clifford

Retailers detail staffing shortages as omicron rages, but investors seeing it as short-term hit, by lauren Thomas

Reuters

Citi to exit Mexican consumer business as part of strategy revamp, by David Henry

Bank of America, Wells Fargo scrap some overdraft fees as regulatory scrutiny grows, by Elizabeth Dilts Marshall

News about business journalism 

Howard, Reuters storytelling editor, dies at 59

Yahoo Finance hires Cruz-Martínez for personal finance team

Brown swaps GlobalCapital for Bloomberg to cover credit

Bloomberg hires Fichtel on the breaking news desk

Wired hires Legro as deputy editor on features team

Bloomberg editor Shankar exits from DC bureau

MoneySavingExpert.com names Saxon deputy editor

Stewart departs Time magazine for Financial Times

Bureau of Investigative Journalism appoints Jackson its tech editor

Bloomberg appoints Paskin editor for ESG in Asia

Lim to cover private equity firms for Bloomberg

Poh joins Bloomberg as Southeast Asia tech reporter

Bloomberg Radio anchor Hearing departs

Wired says all conversations with sources will be assumed on the record

WSJ hires Ellis to cover business schools

Former Bloomberg Goldman starts consulting business

Insider hires Biscof to be ME of UK business news

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