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Talking Biz News Today — March 5, 2021

Some of Friday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US jobless claims tick up to 745,000 as layoffs remain high, by Paul Wiseman

By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill, by Alan Fram

CNN
Corporate America’s earnings recession is over, by Julia Horowitz

UK launches antitrust probe into Apple, by Julia Horowitz

The Wall Street Journal

Costco Sales Rise 15% in Latest Quarter, by Kimberly Chin

GM Looking to Build Second Battery Factory in U.S., by Ben Foldy, Mike Colias

CNBC

Manhattan apartment discounts may be ending soon as sales soar 73% in February, by Robert Franck

Airlines are overhauling their business models after the devastating shock of Covid, by Silvia Amaro

Reuters

U.S. ITC criticizes Ford for pursuing SK Innovation battery deals, by David Shepardson, Heekyong Yang

Square’s $297 million deal for Jay Z’s music service Tidal may bring blockchain to masses, by Noor Zainab Hussain, Elizabeth Clifford, Paresh Dave

News about business journalism

WSJ’s Dooling on what empowered her career

WSJ revamping digital strategy, causing tension with reporters

Bloomberg News taps Killingsworth to lead Americas editing hub

Reuters names Jenkins a national affairs editor

Bloomberg Industry hires Chen as law columnist

Sportico hires Badenhausen as a reporter

SpaceNews hires Rainbow to cover telecommunications industry

How Forbes is helping underrepresented groups and businesses

SNEWS is now the Outside Business Journal

Dean joins Insider as junior biz reporter

Politico promotes Casalicchio to political correspondent

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