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Talking Biz News Today — Jan. 7, 2020

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Tesla delivers first Chinese-made Model 3 to customers, by Joe McDonald

The other fake meat: Impossible Foods unveils pork, sausage, by Dee-Ann Durbin

Fortune

Google’s Waymo Reaches 20 Million Miles of Autonomous Driving, by Aaron Pressman

Uber and Hyundai Unveil Flying Car Model for Future Air Taxi Service, by Lizette Chapman

CNN

SpaceX kicks off a busy year with launch of 60 more Starlink satellites into space, by Jackie Wattles

US-Iran tensions send gold to its highest level in nearly 7 years, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

Borden Dairy Files for Bankruptcy, by Becky Yerak

Facebook Bans Deepfakes but Permits Some Altered Content, by Betsy Morris

Reuters

Daimler sued for $1 billion in German court over diesel cheating, by Edward Taylor

Qualcomm launches autonomous driving computer, aiming to hit roads by 2023, by Stephen Nellis

News about business journalism

Gibb departs Bloomberg Environment

Business Insider hires Jones for transportation team

The Markup hires Martinez as investigative data journalist

CoinDesk hires Pachal as executive editor

Financial Times journalist Blitz departs after 28 years

A change, beat switch and new hire at CNBC

Wired hires Knibbs as senior writer

WSJ names Cherney its editor of news features and special projects

Albuquerque Journal taps new business editor

WSJ hires Babin as senior editor, host of “The Future of Everything” podcast

WSJ names Gendron as audience interactions producer

Rolling Stone hires Millman to cover music industry

McGarry departs Tom’s Guide for Gizmodo

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