Talking Biz News Today — Oct. 13, 2020

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

2nd COVID-19 vaccine trial paused over unexplained illness

Microsoft attempts takedown of global criminal botnet, by Frank Bajak

CNN

Disney to overhaul its entertainment business with focus on streaming, by Frank Pallotta

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson for auction theory, by Charles Riley

The Wall Street Journal

PC Demand During Pandemic Fuels Strongest U.S. Market Growth in a Decade, by Maria Armental

Facebook Bans Content Denying the Holocaust on Its Platforms, by Jeff Horwitz

CNBC

Water has become a big issue for Big Tech. But Microsoft has a plan, by Lucy Handley

Coronavirus response can ‘reshape the future of energy,’ IEA says in annual report, by Pippa Stevens

Reuters

$5 trillion investor group sets tougher portfolio carbon targets, by Simon Jessop

Global watchdogs agree rules for stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra, by Huw Jones

News about business journalism

The Economist has launched a U.S. ad campaign

Brittan, former FT economics editor, dies at 86

Peterson named director of business news at Business Insider

Business Insider hires Licea as senior wealth reporter

George departs NY Daily News for Bloomberg Opinion

Business Insider deputy exec editor Oran named head of Insider’s editorial subscription strategy

Forbes hires managing editor and assistant managing editor

Former Cheddar EIC Roberts is joining The 74

Quartz’s Steger joins Bloomberg as senior editor