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Talking Biz News Today — March 22, 2021

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied, by Joyce M. Rosenberg

Whiskey makers face worsening hangover from trade dispute, by Bruce Schreier

CNN

Railroad megamerger would create the first Mexico-US-Canada freight rail network, by David Goldman

Tim Cook and other Apple executives will testify against Epic in Fortnite trial, by Jazmin Goodwin

The Wall Street Journal

New Realtors Pile Into Hot Housing Market. Most Find It Tough Going., by Nicole Friedman

Americans Are Ready to Travel. But Where Can They Go?, by Alison Sider, Preetika Rana

CNBC

Boat sales took off during the pandemic and now dealers can’t keep up with demand, by Katie Tsai

Jeep unveils all-electric Wrangler concept SUV, by Michael Wayland

Reuters

Blackstone rolls the dice with $6.2 billion move on Australia’s Crown Resorts, by Byron Kaye, Rashmi Ashok

Deliveroo eyes $12 billion market cap in upcoming London IPO

News about business journalism

Bloomberg Media expects 35 percent revenue growth this year

Starting a biz journalism career during a pandemic

WSJ reporter Mickle to take on Google beat

WSJ promotes Hicks to publishing editor on print desk

Insider hires The Information’s Dotan to cover gig economy

Washington Post names Richardson its transportation and development editor

FT Specialist Guild recognized by company

Business Insider hires Ho to cover the business of sustainability

Quartz hires Alvarez as chief product officer

The Verge media reporter Alexander is departing

OAN Network broadcasts phone number of NY Times biz reporter

Politico Europe EIC Brown dies at 57

UC Today hires McHugh as tech reporter

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