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Talking Biz News Today — March 18, 2021

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

IRS will delay tax filing due date until May 17, by Sarah Skidmore Sell

Will work from home outlast virus? Ford’s move suggests yes, by Tom Krisher, Christopher Rugaber

CNN

BMW unveils a new electric car, but says it isn’t counting out gas engines just yet, by Peter Valdes-Dapena

Amazon’s grocery chain is growing. It isn’t Whole Foods, by Nathaniel Meyersohn

The Wall Street Journal

UAW Accuses Ford of Shifting New Vehicle Production From Ohio to Mexico, by Nora Naughton

Texas Freeze Triggers Global Plastics Shortage, by Christopher M. Matthews, Austen Hufford, Collin Eaton

CNBC

Starbucks sets goal of making its green coffee carbon neutral by 2030, by Amelia Lucas

FAA to inspect several Boeing Dreamliners due to production issues, by Leslie Josephs

Reuters

Home nesting’ and telehealth spending to keep rising post-pandemic, McKinsey survey finds, by Gayle Issa, Victoria Waldersee

Several U.S. states sue Biden administration for revoking permit for Keystone XL pipeline

News about business journalism

The strategy behind tech coverage at Rest of World

Fortune CEO Murray: Our future has never looked brighter

Institutional Investor hires CNBC’s Feuer

Quartz has made an NFT of one of its articles

Fortune’s Wieczner departing for New York Magazine

Arkansas Business editor Moritz taking a step back

Dunbar, longtime Canadian biz journalist, dies at 89

Business in Vancouver promotes Woodin to executive editor

Pfanner named EMEA global business ME for Bloomberg News

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