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Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 11, 2021

February 11, 2021

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

GOP attacks Dems’ $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill from all angles, by Alan Fram, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Kevin Freking

Taxing time: How the pandemic will affect filing your taxes, by Sarah Skidmore Sell

CNN

Uber lost $6.8 billion in 2020, by Sara Ashley O’Brien

SpaceX just got a big contract to launch two pieces of a future Moon space station, by Jackie Wattles

The Wall Street Journal

TikTok Sale to Oracle, Walmart Is Shelved as Biden Reviews Security, by John D. McKinnon, Alex Leary

Best Buy Is Cutting Some Store Workers’ Jobs, Reducing Hours, by Sara Nassauer

CNBC

Under Armour pursues plans to break ties with some retailers in push for more profitable sales, by Lauren Thomas

GM has no interest in following Tesla and investing in bitcoin, by Michael Wayland

Reuters

Fed’s Powell, invoking war effort, calls for national jobs drive, by Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir

Mastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies

News about business journalism

Bloomberg Industry Group union: Let’s not rush back to the newsroom

Ad Age promotes three editorial staffers to new roles

Bloomberg taps Edney to be national health care reporter

Mosher departs Insider for AST Space Mobile

Behind the WSJ’s effort to help readers ID opinion

Green Street, real estate news company, acquires React News

Fortune taps Schallom to be its digital editor

CNN’s Alesci joins Chobani in communications role

Daily Biz Review appoints Lean as Florida bureau chief

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