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Talking Biz News Today — March 24, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Damage from virus: Utility bills overwhelm some households, by Micahel Liedtke, Cathy Bussewitz

Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal, by Jon Gambrell

CNN

Robinhood files confidentially for IPO despite disastrous start to 2021, by Matt Egan

Intel investing $20 billion in new US chipmaking plants as part of turnaround plan, by Claire Duffy

The Wall Street Journal

Musicians Turn to NFTs to Make Up for Lost Revenue, by Anne Steele

Pfizer Goes It Alone to Expand Vaccine Business Beyond Covid-19 Pandemic, by Jared S. Hopkins

CNBC

Electric automakers must brace for rising battery materials costs, Goldman says, by Evelyn Cheng

250 CEOs and execs express ‘alarm’ over what could become the largest tax hike in New York history, by Robert Frank

Reuters

Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban, by Paresh Dave

Bank lending to fossil fuel industry down 9% in COVID-hit year, by Simon Jessop

News about business journalism

Forbes names first HBCU fellows and Forbes Academy students

Bloomberg Law starts “On the Merits” podcast

Fierce Pharma hires CNBC’s Higgins-Dunn

Star-Tribune hires Williams as a business reporter

Insider hires Brower as LA business bureau chief

AP reporters win Shadid Award for investigating palm oil industry

Page hired as director of FinLedger

How the WSJ programming strategy team worked together in a pandemic

E&E News hires Schonhardt as international climate reporter

Sullivan joins Endpoints on the pharma manufacturing beat

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