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Talking Biz News Today — June 8, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times, by Tom Krisher

France fines Google for abusing ‘dominant’ ads position

CNN

Companies you’d never expect are offering signing bonuses to new employees, by Nathaniel Meyersohn

Americans are still sitting on loads of stimulus cash, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers, by Dustin Volz, Sadie Gurman, David Uberti

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos to Be on Blue Origin’s First Human Space Flight, by Matt Grossman

CNBC

Deutsche Bank warns of global ‘time bomb’ coming due to rising inflation, by Jeff Cox

Biden administration announces plans to strengthen critical supply chains, by Christina Wilkie

Reuters

Big tech supports global tax, but wants digital services levies axed, by Diane Bartz

U.S. must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals -White House, by Trevor Hunnicutt, Ernest Scheyder

News about business journalism

Sportico hires Pelit to cover finance and private equity

Hollywood Reporter hires Chan as digital media writer

Forbes hires Everson to write “Checks & Imbalances” newsletter

Adweek hires Gold to be its digital editor

Blockworks hires Chittum as finance reporter

Turner named editor of Arkansas Business

Schleifer departs Recode to launch media company

Ro departs Yahoo Finance for Axios

Beat switch for Bloomberg’s Martinuzzi

Insider hires Mangalindan as entertainment correspondent

Mavin departs Dow Jones for Tortoise Media

NBC News business executive editor Shin departs

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