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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 27, 2020

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Workers criticize Amazon on climate despite risk to jobs, by Barbara Ortutay

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions, by Barbara Ortutay, Elaine Kurtenbach

Fortune

Fortune poll: Investors want corporations to focus on more than just shareholders, by Lance Lambert

Telehealth startup Ro partners with Pfizer to give its ED business a boost, by Sy Mukherjee

CNN

The new streaming wars: Tech giants are fighting for top gaming stars, by Shannon Liao

The beauty industry is bigger than ever, but mascara is struggling, by Parija Kavilanz

The Wall Street Journal

Grocery Delivery Goes Small With Micro-Fulfillment Centers, by Jennifer Smith

State Attorneys General to Meet With Justice Officials to Coordinate on Google Probe, by John D. McKinnon, Ryan Tracy, Brent Kendall

Reuters

AbbVie-Allergan $63 billion deal aided by Nestle, AstraZeneca buys, by John Miller

Walmart testing higher minimum wage for some employees, by Praveen Paramasivam, Nandita Bose

News about business journalism

Montana paper launches new business publication

How RichmondBizSense.com has built an audience

Loeb award winner Finch dies at 74

Russian biz magazine drops Amazon reference after reporter inquirer

WERT Prize for female biz journalists now accepting entries

The Information: Why did company, CEO lie to us?

Schutt, editor at Barron’s, dies after illness

CEO apologizes for comparing journalists to sexual predators

Bloomberg TV’s woes in India continue

Harris moving from Bloomberg News to Bloomberg Law

NY Times promotes Gauss to associate managing editor

Yale study: News stories can determine the state of the economy

San Fran Business Times hires Waxmann to cover housing and development

Inc. magazine reporter González set to depart

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