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Talking Biz News Today — April 3, 2019

April 3, 2019

Posted by Chris Roush

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Scammers peddling bogus tax breaks find traction on Facebook, by Amanda Seitz and Mae Anderson

US stock indexes cap listless trading day with mixed finish, by Alex Veiga

Bloomberg

Trump called Powell in March as stock slid amid growth worries, by Craig Torres

Tech stocks return to near-record levels, by Ryan Vlastelica

Fortune

Kaiser Permanente CEO: “Healthcare isn’t affordable. Period,” by Andrew Nusca

Why health care startups are excited about insurance companies, by Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts

Reuters 

Lyft falls further from IPO after receiving first “sell” rating, by Noel Randewich

AIG paid CEO Duperreault $20.9 million in 2018, by Ross Kerber and Suzanne Barlyn

News about business journalism

How The Virginian-Pilot created a new beat around people spending money

Reuters’ newsroom of the future focusing on five key areas

Cleveland layoffs include longtime biz journalist Pledger

WSJ hires Fitzgerald as publishing editor

Cannabis Business Times names Simakis its editor

Biz journalist Gilman hired as Newsweek editorial director

Axios reporter Vavra hired by CyberScoop

Denver Biz Journal hires Werley as health care/tech reporter

FT hires BuzzFeed’s Gibson

WSJ’s union wants job assurances regarding Apple deal

This date in business journalism

2014: WSJ’s Baker: We’re a better paper under Murdoch

2009: WSJ reporter leaves, has harsh words for management

 

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