Talking Biz News Today — April 8, 2021

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs, by Paul Wiseman

Biden seeks a new view of infrastructure, far beyond asphalt, by Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen

CNN

500 million LinkedIn users’ data is for sale on a hacker site, by Clare Duffy

GM car prices surge as more plants close during the chip shortage, by Chris Isidore

The Wall Street Journal

Netflix Inks Deal for Rights to Sony Movies, Including Coming ‘Spider-Man’ Films, by Joe Flint

SoftBank to Invest $500 Million in Mortgage Startup Better, by Peter Rudegeair, Maureen Farrell

CNBC

National Guard urges U.S. to follow health measures as military races to vaccinate population, by Amanda Macias

More than half of older millennials with student debt say their loans weren’t worth it, by Abigail Johnson Hess

Reuters

Boeing sues, cancels contracts with Air Force One supplier, by David Shepardson, Mike Stone

McDonald’s to hire 25,000 staff in Texas this month

News about business journalism

CNET’s Bakalar moving to games division at Red Ventures

WSJ’s Ngo hired by Hearst CT/Times-Union

Lambert named editorial director of Fortune Education

OneZero senior editor Merchant departs

Forbes NFT cover sells for $333,333

Remote Report to cover the business of remote work

Concannon hired by NPR’s “Planet Money”

Ramsay joining “Bloomberg Surveillance” as associate producer

AP, WSJ, BusinessWeek, Fortune among Deadline Club Award finalists

Mullin departs Medium’s OneZero

Worth magazine, online during pandemic, returns to print