OLD Media News

Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 3, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

It’s not just GameStop worrying Wall Street about a bubble, by Stan Choe

Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for news, by Rod McGuirk

CNN

Tesla recalls 135,000 cars after pushing back against regulators, by Peter Valdes-Dapena

Pfizer expects to rake in sales of $15 billion from its Covid-19 vaccine this year, by Clare Duffy

The Wall Street Journal

Google Rides Global Ad Recovery to Record Revenue, by Georgia Wells

Oil Companies Endure Brutal 2020, Warn of Slow 2021 Recovery, by Christopher M. Matthews, Sarah McFarlane

CNBC

Kraft Heinz is reportedly in talks to sell Planters for $3 billion to Hormel, by Amelia Lucas

Chipotle shares fall 4% as surging digital orders ease from record pace, earnings fall short, by Amelia Lucas

Reuters

Lawsuit says Tyson Foods misled shareholders about COVID-19 protocols, by Jonathan Stempel

EA hikes annual sales outlook as lockdown boost for videogames continues, by Ayanti Bera

News about business journalism

Business Insider CEO Blodget explains name change to Insider

Cheddar anchor Ali departs

TechCrunch names Shieber its climate editor

Senior consumer tech editor Cranz departs Gizmodo

Business Insider hires Mozee to cover markets

Quartz makes its content available on the Bloomberg terminal

Insider.com is dropping the Business Insider name

Financial Planning hires reporter Browning

Aulbach moves to business beat at Louisville daily

TechCrunch hires Kene-Okafor to cover African startups

How tech reporter Mac kept hammering away at a tip

Bustle taps Owen as editor-in-chief

Money Marketing editor Cash departs for Financial News

Irina Slav

Recent Posts

FT taps Foy to cover European banking

Financial Times reporter Simon Foy is now covering European banks. He has been covering accounting for the…

4 hours ago

Debtwire seeks a private credit reporter

Debtwire, the leading provider of global fixed income news, analysis and data for more than…

7 hours ago

BNN Bloomberg anchor Kanwar is departing

Amber Kanwar, an anchor for BNN Bloomberg in Canada, is departing at the end of…

7 hours ago

Moody’s promotes Kantrow to editor in chief

Moody's Ratings has promoted Yvette Kantrow to senior vice president and editor in chief. She has been…

7 hours ago

Politico reporter Fieseler departs

Politico reporter Clare Fieseler is leaving the news organization to take on some ocean reporting projects. She…

7 hours ago

WSJ’s Eisen to write book about the mortgage market

Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Eisen has signed a contract with Norton to write a book about…

9 hours ago