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Talking Biz News Today — Aug. 4, 2020

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Google buys $450M stake in ADT to give Nest a new perch, by Michael Liedtke

Trump fires TVA chair, cites hiring of foreign workers, by Zeke Miller

CNN
These companies are working from home until 2021 — or forever, by Alexis Benveniste

Stimulus talks have stalled. But the pressure to act is rising, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

Refiners Retrench as Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel Shrivels, by Rebecca Elliott

Hobbled by Coronavirus and Looting, New York’s Small Businesses Snap Up Millions in City Assistance, by Kate King

CNBC

As pandemic stretches on, retail bankruptcies approach highest number in a decade, by Melissa Repko, Lauren Thomas

Airlines, unions push for billions in additional federal aid to save airline jobs as layoffs loom, by Leslie Josephs

Reuters

Google owner Alphabet issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price, by Kate Duguid

Tyson Foods names new CEO as coronavirus raises costs, by Tom Polansek, Uday Sampath Kumar

News about business journalism

Bloomberg reporter Waller departs for business school

Why Sportico moves its launch date up three months

Bartiromo to celebrate 25th anniversary of reporting from NYSE floor

Santana joins Business Insider as associate retail editor

Bloomberg News names Armstrong senior editor for health care

Business Insider names Hroncich its careers editor

Alexander now covering social justice for Bloomberg Law

Biz journalist Antilla on writing “investor protection crap”

A biz journalist’s show is about fixing capitalism

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