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Talking Biz News Today — May 18, 2020

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

US adds new sanction on Chinese tech giant Huawei, by Frank Bajak

U.S. layoffs surged to record high of 11.4 million in March, by Christopher Rugaber

CNN

Restaurant and bar owners say social distancing could wipe out their industry, by Eoin McSweeney, Emmet Lyons

Amazon insists sharing data on coronavirus cases in its warehouses isn’t useful, by Sara Ashley O’Brien

The Wall Street Journal

SoftBank in Talks to Sell T-Mobile Shares to Deutsche Telekom, by Drew FitzGerald, Cara Lombardo

Silicon Valley’s Next Big Office Idea: Work From Anywhere, by Katherine Bindley

CNBC

Outdoor furniture sales grow as customers prepare for a summer at home, by Hannah Miller

How the pandemic may change the way we grocery shop, by Melissa Repko

Reuters

U.S. mulls paying companies, tax breaks to pull supply chains from China, by Andrea Shalal, Alexandra Alper, Patricia Zengerle

U.S. auto industry to begin reopening plants in recovery from pandemic, by Ben Klayman, Nick Carey

News about business journalism

Vanac hired by Cleveland Biz Journal as a reporter

Why ACBJ is expanding into Cleveland

The importance of investigative business reporting

How a CNBC reporter created a website to steal her stories

Minnesota Public Radio biz reporter among those laid off

WSJ hires The Drum’s Deighton

Fleming becomes senior editor of memberships at Adweek

Vice’s tobacco/vape and labor reporter Norcia is laid off

FT cutting editorial spending as digital subscribers rise

Economist Group lays off 90; no editorial staff affected

Power struggle at Russia’s leading business newspaper

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