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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

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