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Talking Biz News Today — March 8, 2021

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Workers worry about safety, stress as states ease mask rules, by Leah Willingham, Michael Liedtke, Anne D’Innocenzio

Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage, by Kevin Freking

CNN

US and EU agree to suspend tariffs linked to long-running Boeing-Airbus dispute, by Will Godley, Allison Morrow

Tesla is about to unveil an updated Cybertruck, Elon Musk says, by Alexisd Benveniste

The Wall Street Journal

GE Nears Deal to Combine Aircraft-Leasing Unit With AerCap, by Cara Lombardo, Emily Glazer

Crowd-Safety Company Evolv Going Public in $1.7 Billion SPAC Merger, by Amrith Ramkumar

CNBC

More restaurant jobs and the stimulus package foreshadow the industry’s coming recovery, by Amelia Lucas

Virginia gets close to legalizing recreational weed as other states eye cannabis tax windfalls, by Rich Mendez

Reuters

Texas power regulator rejects request to cut $16 billion in charges during freeze, by Gary McWilliams

Twitter’s Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

News about business journalism

Pulitzer winner Pearlstein ends Washington Post column

Keane departs FT to join forces with Garcia

Gizmodo news editor Menegus laid off

VC reporter Bernard is departing The Information

The Information reporter Matican is departing for marketing job

Stone promoted to reporter at Law360

Bloomberg Media tests charging for virtual events

Reuters is closing its office in Nottingham

Pirolo joins React News as finance editor

Pears joins FT as news desk editor

Rutherford joins Bloomberg News as health care reporter

The Banker taps Macknight as editor

Bloomberg reporter Donnan to cover pandemic’s impact

FT names Kan-Dapaah head of newsroom diversity and executive editor

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