Talking Biz News Today — August 23, 2019

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot, by David Rising, Seth Borenstein

Long-term mortgage rates near historic lows: 30-year 3.55%

Bloomberg

Tesla to Agree to Buy Batteries From LG for China Factory

For Business, Veganism Is the New Vaping, by Andrea Felsted

Fortune

How Minnidip Made A Splash With Its Inflatable Pools, by Kristin Larson

How Google’s Plan to Increase Your Online Privacy Differs from Apple and Firefox Ideas, by Gerrit De Vynck

CNBC

Corporate earnings show trade war straining US economy as companies lean on shoppers to prop up profits, by Leslie Josephs

Volkswagen says report of interest in investing in Tesla is ‘completely unfounded’, by Paul A. Eisenstein

Reuters

Shares in Peppa Pig owner jump 30% after Hasbro’s $4 billion offer

U.S. SEC fines Deutsche Bank $16 million to settle foreign corruption charges, by Michelle Price

News about business journalism

Fiegerman becomes CNN tech editor

WSJ parent preparing news app to address concerns about Facebook/Google

Michelle Hackman moves to immigration policy beat at WSJ

The fake personal finance expert who duped business reporters

Evelyn Larrubia joins The Markup

Business Insider’s parent is reorganizing its editorial operations