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Talking Biz News Today — June 11, 2020

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Amazon bans police use of its face recognition for a year, by Joseph Pisani, Matt O’Brien

Just Eat swallows Grubhub creating restaurant delivery giant, by Dee-Ann Durbin

CNN

EU wants monthly audits from Facebook, Google and Twitter on coronavirus misinformation, by Hadas Gold

Disneyland sets its reopening date, by Frank Pallotta

The Wall Street Journal

Tesla Shares Soar Past $1,000 on Elon Musk’s Plan to Move Forward With Semi Truck, by Tim Higgins

Coronavirus Speeds Up Starbucks Shift to Takeout, by Heather Haddon

CNBC

Air passengers should wait until fourth quarter for intercontinental flights, IATA chief says, by Chloe Taylor

A third of America’s malls will disappear by next year, says ex-department store exec, by Lauren Thomas

Reuters

U.S. weekly jobless claims seen declining further, but millions still unemployed, by Lucia Mutikani

Ford recalls 2.15 million U.S. vehicles for potentially faulty door latches, by David Shepardson

News about business journalism

Scott to cover insurance for Reuters

WYSO hires Welter as its new environmental reporter

Portland tech site Digital Trends faces criticism of racism, hostility

Business Insider names Ramsey as a health care editor

Gaviola joins BNN Bloomberg as multiplatform reporter

Winkler recounts founding of Bloomberg News

WSJ moves former editor Baker to opinion page

Bank Director appoints Milligan as editor-at-large, named Maxfield editor

Winnipeg Free Press hires Durrani to cover economics

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