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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 10, 2020

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US employers expected to have added 160,000 jobs in December, by Josh Boak

Facebook again refuses to ban political ads, even false ones, by Barbara Ortutay, Mae Anderson

CNN

Lime pulls its scooters out of 12 markets and lays off staff, by Matt McFarland

Bill De Blasio and Sadiq Khan want your city to dump fossil fuels, by Matt Egan

The Wall Street Journal

Amazon in Talks to Sell Streaming TV Ads Outside of Fire TV, by Sahil Patel

Internal Boeing Documents Show Cavalier Attitude to Safety, by Andy Pasztor, Alison Sider

CNBC

Companies are paying big bucks to insure boards against liability as class-action suits soar, by Contessa Brewer, Katie Young

People are still dying from mysterious vaping illness, even as outbreak slows, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

Reuters

U.S. refinery sales hit the brakes, with 5% of capacity on block, by Jessica Resnick-Ault, Laura Sanicola

Waymo secures bigger award against workers who went to rival Uber, by Paresh Dave

News about business journalism

Business Insider debuts weekly news show on Facebook

Forbes names new chief product and tech officers, chief digital officer departs

Here are the five journalists launching tech news site dot.LA

Financial Times journalist Christopher Parkes passes away

Bloomberg hires DeCloet as managing editor for Canada

New York Law Journal reporter Clark hired as “New York Now” host

Westall hired by Bloomberg News in Dubai

Former Zillow Group CEO launches tech news site

Kaiser Health reporter Taylor moves to Reuters

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