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Talking Biz News Today — Oct. 15, 2020

October 15, 2020

Posted by Irina Slav

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

Associated Press

Walmart to spread out deals to avoid Black Friday crowds, by Anne D’Innocenzio

United loses $1.8 billion, aims to shift focus to recovery, by David Koenig

CNN

Goldman Sachs posts big jump in profits as market rebounds, by Paul R. La Monica

Starbucks will link executive pay to diversity targets in 2021, by Danielle Wiener-Bronner

The Wall Street Journal

Meat Giant JBS’s Owner Settles U.S. Corruption Charges, by Luciana Magalhaes, Samantha Pearson, Jacob Bunge

Apple Counts on 5G to Boost iPhone Fortunes in China, by Dan Strumpf

CNBC

AMC shares tumble as company works to raise funds, faces cash crunch at year’s end, by Sarah Whitten

Healthy young people might not be able to get the coronavirus vaccine until 2022, WHO says, by Will Feuer

Reuters

Citigroup drops lawsuit against Investcorp over accidental Revlon payment

Ships wait to unload at Port of Los Angeles as imports boom, by Lisa Baertlein

News about business journalism

Walsh of NY Times wins Welles Prize from Columbia

Fry wins WERT Prize from Columbia

Executive producer Cheng departs Bloomberg TV

STAT News hires Quartz’s Goldhill as investigative reporter

Former Inc. editor Ledbetter to launch fintech newsletter

Washington Post names Kuo its China bureau chief

The use of “critics” and “experts” in the WSJ

FT names Agyemang its global tax correspondent

Business Insider parent in talks to buy Morning Brew controlling stake

Siu joins Law360 as a general assignment reporter

Bloomberg Media brought in $30M+ in New Economy Forum

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