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Talking Biz News Today — August 20, 2019

August 20, 2019

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US airlines expect record crowds over Labor Day weekend

UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info, by Danica Kirka

CNN

Disney unveils international rollout of streaming service, by Jordan Valinsky

Fast food companies are betting big on delivery. It might not pay off, by Danielle Wiener-Bronner

The Wall Street Journal

States to Move Forward With Antitrust Probe of Big Tech Firms, John D. McKinnon, Brent Kendall

Move Over, Shareholders: Top CEOs Say Companies Have Obligations to Society, by David Benoit

Axios

ICE sued for failing to provide basic health care in detention centers, by Rebecca Falconer

Trump calls on Fed to cut rates by “at least 100 basis points”

Reuters

Who is next in big pharma’s merger spree?, by Manojna Maddipatla, Saumya Sibi Joseph

U.S. grants Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers, by David Shepardson, Karen Freifeld

News about business journalism

NPR hires FT’s Bond as tech correspondent

Reuters-NABJ scholarships awarded to two grad students

Research firm offering tech journalists money to talk social media

Crunchbase hires Kunthara as reporter

CNBC Digital hires six, promotes seven

Alexander leaving Bloomberg BNA

Lance Lambert assumes associate data editor role at Fortune Magazine

Greenwell hired as editor of Wired.com

Steinberg joins Arizona Public Media to cover business and the economy

Yankee Publishing transfers 30% of shares to employees

How Malcolm Forbes changed Forbes magazine

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