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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 28, 2020

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Fed seems content with low rates but confronts challenges, by Christopher Rugaber

California tests find illegal vapes tainted with additives, by Michael R. Blood

CNN

US airlines offer to change China flights for free for another month as coronavirus spreads, by Rob McLean

Economists are even more optimistic about the US economy, by Shannon Liao

The Wall Street Journal

Airbus Reaches Deal to End Long-Running Global Corruption Probe, by Benjamin Katz

Regulators Probe Potential Dean Foods Merger, by Jacob Bunge

CNBC

US companies suspend China operations, restrict travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads, by Sunny Kim, William Feuer

GM investing $3 billion to produce all-electric trucks, autonomous vehicles, by Michael Wyland

Reuters

Brazil antitrust regulator gives nod to Boeing-Embraer deal, by Ricardo Brito

Sainsbury’s targets 2040 for net zero emissions, criticizes UK goal, by James Davey

News about business journalism

CNBC hires Repko to cover big-box retailers

Business Insider promotes Liebman to global managing editor

WSJ hires Philly Inquirer’s McCabe to cover financial markets

Akin named retail reporter at Des Moines Register

Globe & Mail reporter Berkow departs for new cannabis publication

Arizent, formerly Source Media, makes two editorial promotions

Yahoo Finance launches on Verizon Fios

Politico launches AgencyIQ to cover business regulatory news

Delaware Biz Times hires Tabeling as reporter

Brower named new energy editor at FT

Davis becomes executive editor of legal coverage at Bloomberg

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