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Talking Biz News Today — March 2, 2021

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill, by Alan Fram

Zoom posts big quarter even as subscriber growth slows, by Michael Liedtke

CNN

Two of the most powerful economic voices in America disagree on a tax for the uber-rich, by Matt Egan

Rocket Lab joins the SPAC craze, by Jackie Wattles

The Wall Street Journal

United Airlines Buys 25 New Boeing 737 MAX Jets, by Alison Sider

Twitter Expands Use of Enforcement System to Covid-19 Falsehoods, by Paul Ziobro

CNBC

Nike’s North American head Ann Hebert resigns after report reveals ties to a sneaker resale biz, by Lauren Thomas

Congress is moving ahead with $1,400 stimulus checks. Here’s how soon the money could arrive, by Lorie Konish

Reuters

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of ‘systemic’ racism in corporate offices, by Jonathan Stempel, Jeffrey Dastin

Disney CEO says households without kids have boosted streaming success

News about business journalism

FairWarning closes after criticism over diversity

TechCrunch hires two to cover transportation

How Forbes, Bloomberg adapted their events biz during the pandemic

Auto reporter looks for the impact of the pandemic

Loeb Awards now seeking entries for 2020

Adweek hires Miller as a senior editor

Sartipzadeh hired as managing editor at Industry Dive

Politico ag reporter to legislative beat, legislative reporter to econ beat

Rest of World hires Zelenko as deputy editor

Marek hired as senior editor for Payments Dive

Skillman named alternative data editor at Bloomberg

Politico hires Arciga to cover tech, cybersecurity and defense legislation

Radio personality Yee, financial journalist Tisdale launch new platform

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