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Talking Biz News Today — April 7, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

IMF upgrades forecast for 2021 global growth to a record 6%, by Paul Wiseman

Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content, by Barbara Ortutay

CNN

Starbucks is running out of oat milk a month after adding it to menus nationwide, by Danielle Wiener-Bronner

Wall Street is ignoring the risk of corporate tax hikes, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

Patreon’s Valuation Triples to $4 Billion as Platform Draws Creators, Fans, by Maria Armental

Amazon Is the Target of Small-Business Antitrust Campaign, by Ryan Tracy

CNBC
GM shares hit new record on plans for electric Chevy Silverado pickup, by Michael Wayland

‘Buzzy’ films will grab audiences in theaters and at home, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ producer says, by Katie Tsai

Reuters

Amazon CEO Bezos, stung by wide criticism, endorses U.S. corporate tax hike, by David Shepardson

G20 finance officials to meet on pandemic measures, U.S. global minimum tax plan, by Andrea Shalal

News about business journalism

Birmingham Biz Journal editor West promoted to national role

Bloomberg wins OPC’s Morton Frank Award for “Blood River”

Guerrera departs Barron’s Group for GlobalData as editor in chief

FT wins Malcolm Forbes award from OPC for Wirecard reporting

Former Greentech Media staffers help launch Canary Media

Washington Post’s Cho named editor in chief of Barron’s

Learning writing tools and strategies from The Economist

Reuters newsroom is majority white and male

Bloomberg reporter Levingston moves to London to cover tech

Business Live appoints Elliott as biz editor

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