OLD Media News

Talking Biz News Today — May 5, 2021

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Pfizer’s posts $4.9B 1Q profit as vaccine strategy pays off, by Linda A. Johnson

WTO mulling intellectual property waivers for vaccines, by Jamey Keaten

CNN

American factories are desperate for workers. It’s a $1 trillion problem, by Matt Egan

The world’s largest jewelry brand is ditching mined diamonds, by Jordan Valinsky

The Wall Street Journal

Lyft Says First-Quarter Ridership Improved Compared With Much of Last Year, by Micah Maidenberg

CVS Says Covid-19 Vaccinations Slow as U.S. Rollout Runs Into Hesitancy, by Sharon Terlep

CNBC

Goodyear Tire CEO says company has enough supply to blunt looming rubber shortage, by Tyler Clifford

SpaceX: Over 500,000 orders for Starlink satellite internet service received to date, by Michael Sheetz

Reuters

Krispy Kreme eyes new dough with confidential IPO filing

U.S. House panel discusses low-carbon fuel with airline, biofuel industries, by Stephanie Kelly, David Shepardson

News about business journalism

Insider hires Barr as deputy tech editor

Oregonion names Njus its business/economy editor

Bloomberg is expanding its coverage of diversity, equity, inclusion and fairness

Quartz launches Quartz Essentials at the end of each article

Reuters parent reports earnings that beat estimates

What’s next for Yahoo Finance?

Financial Post hires Hughes as a reporter

Skift hires Jorden for news team

Politico hires Morning Consult’s Sabin to cover cybersecurity

Boston Biz Journal hires Welker as projects reporter

Reporter Sandler now covering wealth for Forbes

Irina Slav

Recent Posts

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

12 hours ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

2 days ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

3 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

3 days ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

3 days ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

3 days ago