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Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 21, 2018

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Experts say Tesla board may have too many ties to CEO Musk, by Ken Sweet and Tom Krisher

U.S. firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods, by Paul Wiseman

Bloomberg

Trump complains to donors in the Hamptons about Powell’s rate hikes, by Jennifer Jacobs and Saleha Mohsin

Apple is planning a new low-cost Macbook, pro-focused Mac Mini, by Mark Gurman and Debby Wu

Fortune

Microsoft adds end-to-end encrypted chat to Skype using signal, by Glenn Fleishman

How a big bank fueled the green energy boom, by Matthew Heimer

Reuters 

Trump does not anticipate much from China trade talks this week, by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

Wall St. rises on trade optimism, pares gains after Trump Fed comments, by April Joyner

News about business journalism

How FitSmallBusiness.com attracts readers and revenue

Hartford Business Journal names new publisher

Boston Globe biz columnist Leung to become interim editorial page editor

CNBC’s Caruso-Cabrera to join company board, remain a contributor

Reporter Keller leaves Bloomberg for a new job

Editor Moser leaving Growthspotter for engineering firm

Yahoo Finance, CNBC websites gained in July

This date in business journalism

2013: Should Bloomberg cover itself?

2008: Biz media want court to unseal antitrust case

Business journalism birthday

Aug. 21: Caitlin Bowling with Insider Louisville

Aug. 21: Tristan Navera with Columbus Business First

Aug. 21: Pamela Engel with Business Insider

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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