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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 12, 2021

January 12, 2021

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Pandemic leaves Texas with $1B deficit as virus still surges, by Paul J. Weber

Business grows skittish about Trump and GOP after riots, by Josh Boak, Brian Slodysko, Tom Krisher

CNN

Parler sues Amazon for cutting off its services, by Brian Fung

Bitcoin plunges more than 20% in three days. It’s now in a bear market, by Paul R. La Monica

The Wall Street Journal

PC Sales Notch Strongest Growth in a Decade, by Maria Armental

Google Sued By YouTube Rival Over Search Rankings, by Sam Schechner

CNBC

Walmart to create fintech start-up with investment firm behind Robinhood, by Melissa Repko

$150 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market in 24 hours as bitcoin pulls back, by Arjun Kharpal

Reuters

Biden should expand antitrust cases, break up tech companies, high-profile group says, by Nandita Bose

Twitter tumbles as Trump ban puts social media in spotlight, by Ambar Warrick, Sruthi Shankar

News about business journalism

Vizcaino moves to emerging markets team at Bloomberg

Protocol looks to add staff, expand globally

WSJ names winter 2021 interns

Forbes chief content officer to companies: Beware hiring Trump’s PR people

Bloomberg senior editor Joachim moves to Americas news desk

Kitchen departs WSJ to launch sexual health wellness site

Business Insider hires Rittenhouse as a senior reporter

Wanneh joins Inside Health Policy as drug pricing reporter

Obusan becoming projecting manager for Bloomberg’s New Voices

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