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Talking Biz News – Jan 6, 2022

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Fed officials see earlier rate hikes as US hiring recovers, by Christopher Rugaber

Unionized Starbucks workers walk out, citing health concerns

CNN

Stellantis, Jeep’s parent company, is teaming up with Amazon, by Peter Valdes-Dapena

This key jobs report for December just dwarfed expectations, by Anneken Tappe

The Wall Street Journal

Airlines Cancel More Than 1,000 Flights for 11th Straight Day, by Joseph De Avila

Auto Makers Supercharge Move Into Electric Vehicles, by Mike Colias, Nick Kostov, Peter Landers

CNBC

Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement over at-home Mirror gym and fitness apps, by Lauren Thomas

Omicron variant likely to fuel inflation, as Americans keep shopping rather than dining out and traveling, retail trade group economist says, by Melissa Repko

Reuters

Hawkish Fed signals it may have to raise rates sooner to fight inflation, by Howard Schneider, Jonnelle Marte

Walmart halves paid leave for COVID-positive workers, by Siddharth Cavale, Richa Naidu

News about business journalism 

Business Insider reporter Cheng departs for new opportunity

Fox Business personal finance articles promote Fox Corp. subsidiary

Yahoo Finance hires Smith as anchor and reporter

Bloomberg names Verma senior editor for US markets

Insider hires Wired’s Rogers to be senior tech correspondent

CNBC names Nash as ME for Cramer’s Investing Club

Tech news site Protocol expanding with 25 new positions

Reuters taps El Dahan as Middle East chief energy correspondent

Insider appoints Baer editor-at-large

Sirtori-Cortina joins consumer team at Bloomberg

Reuters hires Edwards as energy correspondent

Ramnarayan departs Reuters for Bloomberg

Barbuscia named US investment correspondent at Reuters

Tribal Biz News editor Capriccioso leaves for Substack

Quad-City Times biz reporter Smith set to leave

WSJ podcast producer Novetsky joins NY Times’ “The Daily”

Bloomberg hires FT’s Manson to cover cybersecurity

Scherzer departs Yahoo Finance for Citigroup Global Wealth

Globe and Mail hires Alini as personal finance reporter

Forbes hires Ivry as executive editor of enterprise

CoinDesk hires Reynolds for Asia

The Information hires Mazzilli as NY-based editor

WSJ names Raice its deputy bureau chief for Middle East and North Africa

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