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Talking Biz News – March 9, 2022

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas, by Josh Boak

Top lawmakers reach deal on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending, by Alan Fram

CNN

Soaring nickel prices could be the next major headache for automakers, by Anna Cooban

Google is buying cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion, by Jennifer Korn

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Probes Options Trade That Gained on Microsoft-Activision Deal, by Dave Michaels, Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

Uber, Lyft and Others Launch Campaign to Head Off Unions, by Brody Mullins, Ryan Tracy

CNBC

Boeing’s airplane deliveries slipped in February as Dreamliner problem lingers, by Leslie Josephs

Lululemon launches into footwear as it seeks to take on industry giants like Nike, Adidas, by Lauren Thomas

Reuters

U.S. LNG exporters emerge as big winners of Europe natgas crisis, by Marwa Rashad

Rental car giants embark on electric after pandemic bonanza, by Tina Bellon

News about business journalism 

Barr named global tech editor at Insider

Vigeland to host WSJ’s new show “As We Work”

Fast Company appoints Ufberg senior staff editor

American Banker hires Campbell to cover Federal Reserve and housing

Grant joins dotLA as senior editor

Bloomberg TV launches two new shows

Fortune reporter Goodkind set to exit

Bloomberg hires Shukla as crypto market reporter

Ladage named publisher of Milwaukee Business Journal

Time hires Muscato as senior tech editor

Bloomberg taps Darie on the Markets Live team

WSJ’s Stern launches weekly tech newsletter

Washington Post hires Bloomberg reporter Nix

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