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Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 20, 2020

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Fed seems inclined to keep rates low as virus poses risks, by Christopher Rugaber

UK employers fear worker shortages in new immigration plan, by Jill Lawless

Fortune

Despite ‘crypto winter,’ new Bitcoin mines continue to open, by David Z. Morris

Why only one-quarter of the world will get true 5G wireless, McKinsey says, by Aaron Pressman

CNN

Solar might be Tesla’s secret weapon, by Chris Isidore

Bud Light Seltzer is already a sensation, by Jordan Valinsky

The Wall Street Journal

Victoria’s Secret to Go Private at $1.1 Billion Valuation, by Khadeeja Safdar, Cara Lombardo

GE, Stung by Boeing Pullback, Pitches for New Business With Airbus, by Benjamin Katz

CNBC

Alamo Drafthouse launches movie ticket subscription service at all theater locations, by Sarah Whitten

Burger King is cutting artificial preservatives and it created a gross new ad to show it off, by Amelia Lucas

Reuters

U.S. housing starts fall, building permits near 13-year high, by Lucia Mutikani

Lyft resumes shared electric bike rentals in NYC, by Tina Bellon

News about business journalism

Bloomberg News, Seattle Times win Polk Awards for business journalism

Bloomberg, The Information test digital subscription bundle

Verlaine moves to WSJ’s financial markets team

WSJ hires Telesca as deputy investing bureau chief

WSJ hires Hirtenstein as markets reporter in London

Former Business New Haven publisher dies

WSJ editor Murray: Chinese expulsion of our reporters is wrong

NY Times hires Das as finance editor

The Markup, launching next week, names board of directors

China revokes three WSJ reporter’s press credentials

Holzman to cover mining for S&P Global

Wosen to cover biotech at San Diego Union-Tribune

Biotech reporter Fidler to join BioPharma Dive as senior editor

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