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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 26, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds, by Michael R. Blood

Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as ’09 financial crisis

CNN

Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female Treasury secretary in US history, by Anneken Tappe, Matt Egan

Foreign companies are giving up on the United States and betting big on China, report says, by David Goldman

The Wall Street Journal

Business Insider Did Nothing When the Pandemic Hit. It Worked, by Lukas I. Alpert

Merck Scraps Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates, by Jared S. Hopkins

CNBC

Delta plans to bring back 400 pilots, signaling optimism about future air travel, by Leslie Josephs

California lifts statewide Covid stay-at-home order, allowing restaurants to reopen, by Noah Higgins-Dunn

Reuters

Investor payouts and job cuts jar with U.S. companies’ social pledge, by Jessica DiNapoli, Ross Kerber, Noel Randewich

Google workers to form global union alliance

News about business journalism

The Information hires Sisco to cover antitrust stories

Business Insider added 130 newsroom jobs in 2020

Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Wolverton as ME

Andreessen Horowitz hires NerdWallet’s Leung as executive editor

Barron’s Group names Keown deputy bureau chief for EMEA

Cobley departs Financial News for PR firm

Business Insider hires Cosgrove to cover logistics

Forbes drops “30 under 30” trip to Bermuda

CNBC Make It hires Vega to cover personal finance

TechCrunch promotes Korosec to transportation editor

Digiday hires Guaglione as a media reporter

The Information hires O’Regan to cover Facebook, social media

Sky News taps Greenwood as biz editor

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