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Talking Biz News Today — March 29, 2021

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Suez Canal blockage adds to pressure points in global trade, by Alex Veiga

Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback, by Bobby Caina Calvan, Marcy Gordon

CNN
The media is slashing jobs again as the Trump news cycle fades and the economy struggles, by Kerry Flynn

$300 a day for a Kia Rio. Why rental cars prices have gone insane, by Chris Isidore

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Farmers Vie for Land as a Grain Rally Sparks Shopping Spree, by Jesse Newman

News Corp Nears Deal to Buy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Consumer-Publishing Arm, by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Dana Cimilluca

CNBC

United Airlines flies to JFK for the first time since 2015, taking advantage of pandemic lull, by Leslie Josephs

Auto supplier BorgWarner expects EVs to account for almost 50% of revenue by 2030, by Kevin Stankiewicz

Reuters

Investors BlackRock, Vanguard join net zero effort, by Ross Kerber

Exclusive: Ex-lobbyist sues Eli Lilly alleging sexual discrimination, harassment, by Marisa Taylor, Dan Levine

News about business journalism

Spinato of Fox Business remembered for his tenacity

NY Times biz reporter Popper to write book about GameStop trading frenzy

The Information hires Krouse to cover Google parent

Former WSJ Page One editor Mapes dies at 81

Marker senior editor Bouchard is taking Medium’s buyout offer

The Economist hires Quan as senior social media editor

WSJ names Summer 2021 intern class

Dow Jones union: Two-thirds of workers want required vaccinations

Beres, editor in chief of OneZero, accepts Medium’s buyout offer

The Information hires Yurieff to cover the creator economy

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