Talking Biz News Today — Dec. 12, 2019

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Fed leaves low rates alone and sees no moves in near future, by Christopher Rugaber

FAA analysis predicted many more Max crashes without a fix, by David Koenig

CNN

YouTube unveils a stricter harassment policy. Now the company just has to enforce it, by Kaya Yurieff

Amazon has 5 days to save its big bet on UK food delivery, by Hanna Ziady

The Wall Street Journal

Disney Accused of Snow Job Over ‘Frozen 2’ Tweet Apology, by Takashi Mochizuki

Northern California Power Outages Could Soar If Aging Lines Aren’t Replaced, PG&E Study Finds, by Rebecca Smith

CNBC

UAW approves labor deal with Fiat Chrysler, closing unprecedented talks with Big 3 Detroit, by Michael Wayland

Pelosi agrees to expand drug price bill to win support from AOC, other Democrats, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

Reuters

Australia tells Facebook and Google to commit to competition rules, or else, by Colin Packham

Self-driving car firms rooted in U.S. government competition, by Paul Lienert

News about business journalism

Free Press biz reporter Gallagher is departing

Atlanta daily hires Peters to cover commercial real estate

WSJ accelerates digital development, promotes Story to chief news strategist

The Boston Globe’s Subscriber Sunday

Berkeleyside launching new journalism platform in Oakland

Gazette acquires The Recorder and two other locals

MarketWatch appoints Buchwald as new personal finance reporter

Guix hired by Dow Jones Newswires in Barcelona