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Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 11, 2019

Some of Monday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote, by David Klepper, Danica Kirka

Trump pushes back on reports US will remove China tariffs, by Christopher Rugaber

CNN

New York regulator looking into Goldman Sachs’ Apple Card for alleged gender bias in algorithms, by Clare Duffy

The world’s billionaires lost a total of $388 billion in 2018, by Anna Bahney

The Wall Street Journal

Farmers in Crisis Turn to High-Interest Loans as Banks Pull Back, by Jacob Bunge, Kirk Maltais

The Great Streaming Battle Is Here. No One Is Safe., by Amol Sharma, Joe Flint

CNBC

UK economy avoids recession with third-quarter growth rebound, by David Reid

Alibaba breaks Singles Day record of more than $30 billion in sales and climbing, by Arjun Kharpal

Reuters

China’s NEV market may contract this year due to subsidy cut: industry association, by Yilei Sun, Brenda Goh

Adidas to close German, U.S. robot factories, by Emma Thomasson

News about business journalism

How the Nikkei is using the FT to expand globally

Editor Hughes leaves Bloomberg for Bloomberg BNA

Changes made to Columbian biz section

FT hires Lee to cover tech in Silicon Valley

Finn joining Bloomberg News to cover breaking news

Business Insider hires Starr as senior editor

Management committee will run Bloomberg if founder runs for president

Memphis Biz Journal ME Cashiola departs for another publication

The strategy behind FT’s U.S. growth

Inc. editor in chief Ledbetter departs for Sequoia Capital

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