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Talking Biz News Today – Aug. 9, 2022

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

American Airlines CFO on fixing balance sheet after pandemic, by David Koenig

Learning from failures: How Biden scored win on climate plan, by Chris Megerian

CNN

The meme stock craze is back: AMC, GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond soar, by Paul R. La Monica

Gas prices have fallen. Here’s why inflation hasn’t, by Martha C. White

The Wall Street Journal

News Corp Posts Revenue Growth, Boosted by Dow Jones, by Patience Haggin

Tesla, EV Makers Stand to Get Billions for Factories From Senate Bill, by Mike Colias

CNBC

Why creating a horror movie haven on Netflix may be a smart move for the streaming giant, by Sarah Whitten

Google outage reported by thousands of users around the world, by Abigail Ng

Reuters

Chinese city drops all home purchase restrictions to boost demand

Snap plans to lay off employees- The Verge

News about business journalism:

BizTimes Milwaukee hires Poirier as a reporter

WSJ parent reports strong fourth quarter

WSJ hires Wang as video journalist

Gracie promoted to distribution editor for Insider/Business Insider

FT’s AgendaWeek hires Muscavage

Reuters names three student scholarship winners

WSJ hires Ossola to report and produce “Future of Everything” podcast

Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal hires Anderson to cover tech and health care

Reuters hires Broadway to cover entertainment

Bloomberg hires two data visualization reporters

Consumer Reports hires Kirchner as investigative reporter

Adweek promotes Lynch to editor

NY Times hires González Gómez from The Economist

Mandate Wire hires Baratta to cover public pensions

Informa sells Lloyd’s List, world’s oldest B2B publication

Bloomberg taps Fernyhough as metal and mining reporter

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