OLD Media News

Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 19, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first, by Jamey Keaten

Restaurants, bars scramble for propane amid pandemic winter, by Mead Gruver

CNN
Bulletproof vests and gas masks: Journalists prep for Inauguration Day, by Kerry Flynn

Ford closes German plant for 1 month as global chip crisis worsens, by Charles Riley, Hanna Ziady

The Wall Street Journal

Lumentum in Advanced Talks to Buy Laser Maker Coherent, by Cara Lombardo

Combine Chrysler, Fiat, Peugeot and You Get Stellantis. Stella-What?, by William Boston, Nat Ives, Nora Naughton

CNBC
Tesla delivers its first Shanghai-made Model Y crossovers in China, by Michael Wayland

The wealthy are investing like a market bubble is here, or at least near, by Eric Rosenbaum

Reuters

Logitech lifts annual forecasts for third time as quarterly profit soars

Canada scrambles to salvage Keystone XL as Biden prepares to kill troubled pipeline project, by Nia Williams, Steve Scherer

News about business journalism

Consumer Reports hires Grauer for Security Planner

Kirk named publisher of Crain’s city publications

Cramer, former Reuters and WSJ journalist, dies at 73

Begley, STAT senior writer, dies at 64

What defines a business news story

Mercado becoming markets editor at CNBC

CNBC markets reporter Imbert becoming news editor

Sacramento Biz Journal hires Geraldo as a data reporter

BNN Bloomberg producer Chan is departing

Dow Jones names Bernard its chief experience officer

Wersich, longtime Indiana biz reporter, dies at 80

Washington Biz Journal reporter Maake departs

Irina Slav

Recent Posts

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

33 mins ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

1 day ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

2 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

2 days ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

2 days ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

2 days ago